It never occurred to me before that there might be computers playing in online poker games, but it makes sense.

Bowling says the program isn’t much of a threat to online gamblers. Heads-up, Limit Hold’em is not the variety of poker most people play. But he does believe that “poker bots” are trying to win in online game rooms. “My guess is there are probably quite strong poker bots out there,” he says. “But you’re not going to hear a lot of talk about them.”