The Future Of Online Poker

[okeedokalee]

If it wasn't for Cardschat I doubt I would still be playing. The community spirit of this site keeps me interested.

 

[Toruk Makto]

I believe that more and more poker will be competitive. And throughout this process, it will be quite challenging to play against players who, in addition to understanding and dedicating themselves to the game, will use advanced software that the rooms... will increasingly allow.

 

[oriole]

I don’t think we’ll ever see another poker boom like that, mainly due to increased cheating—collusion, poker bots, and so on.

 

[lauestla]

IMO online poker will exist as long as there will be an Internet.
But I think the AI will probably deeply change the game and pervert its nature.
We'll have to play against bots more often and of course it's not fair.
But the old Live Poker will always be there to comfort us.

 

[armoko]

The future of poker might keep growing online. The AI tools will definitely affect the game itself the way the poker players will be able to make right decisions and helping players get better at the game. But there’s still a lot of issues with laws and keeping AI fair for everyone.

 

[dangbaonguyen93]

Online poker is still spreading strongly, developing in the right direction. I think online poker will develop more and more parallel to the existence of the Internet. With the way the floor prohibits 3rd party software, they will develop more sustainably.

 

[thetick33]

I do not think in my limited lifetime we will ever seen a global room legal ever ....maybe even 15 states in time sure...i dont have a huge lifespan with my heart at 55 hell i been told 8 and half years ago had 60 days lol i live like im dying ill tell ya i am happy with what they are trying to accomplish Michigan nv pa etc..but is a lot of work and software has issues etc...is growing pains....but legal so its a plus...but ya this is gonna be a process love the ? dont love the reality

 

[antonis32123]

We will not have a global poker room again . That's for sure . governments now want to controll completely the gambling market , the great poker giants have their share in the poker market . It's oligopoly nowadays

I believe the AI softwares and programs kill the game , the poker , only suckers recreational players are fool enough to play online nowadays . So many bots , game is solved , rng is no good , money in the fireplace . I believe less and less fish recreational players will join poker rooms in the future . Cause more and more will get the picture of online poker nowadays . I mean even if he is a whale , soon he will get bored of playing online poker . Lose all time to bad beats or to joker bingo players . What's the fun of losing time and money and no profit at all , it's no fun , it's boring

I guess that will happen in the future . For the time being some fish come and join players pools and play online . Poker rooms are satisfied with the numbers for now that's why they don't change many things only very few sometimes .

Poker rooms don't change rng . They don't forbid all ai and programs . Hey will have less and less customers in the future .

 

[okeedokalee]

Okay this how the bot guys do it now. The sites don't care they just take the rake.

 

[hilary antonik filho]

In my opinion, from the beginning, it has changed a lot, but as nothing is the same, everything will continue to change constantly

 

[yuriko oyama]

I see poker as a tradition, even with some ramifications, Texas Hold'em is still the most popular.
What attracts us, besides the money, I believe is this paradox of being something so simple to learn and play, and at the same time so complex to win and remain profitable.
There are new technologies that are unfortunately often used for bad things, but I believe that some traditional things have to be kept firm, and poker is one of them.
Those who seek other things, should go after other things.
Let poker always be the poker we love.

 

[Bluffzone68]

Poker playing online is and will be the go to place for anyone with the itch to gamble.
There will always be upgrades and changes made to sites, but the bottom line is that its here to stay.
The effects of AI will be a part of the existing structure.
Like they say change is the only constant.
People who lose money may quit, but more new players will join and continue the never ending process.

I would love for poker to be seen as a sport, world wide.

 

[f_lampa]

I don't know how it will develop, but it seems to me that winning at poker will become more and more difficult every year.

 

[Colbefc]

I just do not understand why people celebrate sites that do not allow HUDS or poker aids.
They do not help professionals they are available to everyone.
Don't kid yourself that any site bans anything to help their players, they do it cos it makes
them more money.
I personally will not play on a site that does not allow HUDS, specially party poker which
closes itself if you have a Hud open on another site, even though you are not using it on their site, what a joke.
It shows how far poker has fallen that a site like GGPoker can be so popular, their software sucks and the
charge $1 to withdraw your winnings, I've been playing online poker since it started and this is the first time
I have ever seen a poker site do that, its just daylight robbery.
You also need to have the intellect of Einstein to understand their Rewards Program, it's way too complicated.

 

[jaymfc]

The gap between good players and those who are just finding poker is wider than ever. If we ever want to see the golden years of poker to return we need a site where the only tool that a player can use - is his brain.

then what's going to happen to our freerolls?

 

[puzzlefish]

How do you see the future of poker evolving? What challenges and opportunities lie ahead for the game? Will we ever see a global online poker room like we had pre black Friday? How will AI powered tools affect game play?

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AI will surely be incorporated into security tools and then will also be applied into security counter-measures. That part of the industry will never die. Wherever there is money to be made, there will be someone trying to leverage anything and everything to get an advantage for taking that money.

On a positive note, AI will enhance playing experience by helping players choose games and tournaments that they like and just make the playing experience more fluid and less frustrating.

I think if we have some good developments in the world where everyone's wealth and monthly spending money increases substantially, there may be another poker boom as big as the original one. We seem to be going through some uncertain financial times and it's hard to tell which way this is going to go. Hopefully we see some good results for everyone.

 

[belladonna05]

I really don't see much of a path forward for those of us in the USA, Yes I can play and have played if I have travelled to a state that has legalized it since the passage of the UIGEA . Though the game selection is scarce and the pool of players are small, with the fact that so few have legalized it it will be years if and when it becomes legal in more states.
The poker rooms we can play in are gray areas with massive bot and solver problems.

So I really don't see a way forward unless we become global again with strict oversights to protect the players. And with AI in its infancy, it will only become a bigger problem when it comes to online woes.

 

[recerveau]

For me, everything related to the online world is a mystery. We are still in the gestation phase of this technological world, and at the same time it seems like it is already very developed. It is very intriguing.

 

[john_entony]

First, I think there will be a lot more people playing online poker in the future than there are now. The generation that grew up with a smartphone in their hand will be more loyal to online poker. At least I think they will. Secondly, poker will become part of the Olympic games! I also believe in this as online poker will be very popular in the future. I think there will be no global poker room. There are too many categories of players with different goals in poker (some like only freerolls, some like cheap satellites, some like to bet on a sports in a poker App, and some players are high rollers).

 

[pirateglenn]

With AI becoming more common place in poker coaching today and tested science having already been shown with tools like pluribus - its a fascinating time for online poker.
The ChatGPT tool also are just some common examples of how i feel old and new players are incorporating any angle to get ahead and the skill element is starting to fade away somewhat, i think online poker has to monitor this carefully - people with play programmes with multiples screens to try and decipher any angleshoot to win.
Bots were always being used for some time but the emergence of AI has taken this to an unprecedented level because people at basic levels are understanding this now, its no longer just a tech geeks paradise.

 

[Jean-Guy]

Since GTO made its impact, poker has changed. Most winning players have adjusted. Those who don’t will not profit anymore.
There are numerous reports of AI-driven bots. To me, this is the most immanent threath to fair poker.

 

[Flyer35]

Being in the US, I don't see a great future for online poker...not until legislation happens to legalize and regulate it here. Until I can play legally, I will be very cautious about depositing or risking much money. I am also concerned about bots and the many instances of cheating rings.

I haven't thought about that for a while. Is the US ahead of others (unlikely) or way behind? All sorts of legal gambling occurs in the US today, does it not? Or does it? Not living in the US I don't actually know. But why is the one form that actually could be considered more a game of skill than chance still basically outlawed? Obviously I'm missing the big picture. Don't lawmakers have more important things to focus on like the proceeds of actual crime such as drugs, weapons and human smuggling?

 

[Cooking]

Unless US players can play in all poker rooms again, I think it will continue the way it is now. I remember reading that poker rooms win more money with their sports betting and casino section than poker (don't know if this is true), so, I can't see many big rooms opening in the future. But if US players could play again than definitely we would have another poker boom, because they are by far the biggest market.

 

[ninocabral]

I think the future of poker is very uncertain, there are sites that were very good and now they are the worst like poker stars and there are sites that were bad and now they are good, I think one of the things that could be happening is a very large decrease in players on the sites and fewer people wanting to play

 

[emsea9o5]

How do you see the future of poker evolving? What challenges and opportunities lie ahead for the game? Will we ever see a global online poker room like we had pre black Friday? How will AI powered tools affect game play?

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AI seems like a problem for the future of online poker.

I really feel like a human cannot outplay a computer in such a mathematical game.