But now there’s PokerTracker 3 which, in addition to some new features, has added support for two more leading poker sites: Bodog Poker and Cake Poker.

While pokerbots are making a big stir in the online poker world, far less controversial and more universally loved is software like PokerTracker that helps you play better online poker without actually playing the game for you.

Players at Full Tilt using the software will also enjoy the new support for its Super Turbo Matrix tables and recognition for Heroes. Also improved with the latest update are hand histories for iPoker rooms (like Titan Poker) and better accounting for PokerStars tournament rakes.

Now the caveat: What Barry Greenstein suggests is that poker sites have specific poker tables (and possibly tournaments too) that are labeled as poker bot friendly sites. Who knows? Maybe this will attract a whole niche of player who enjoy pitting their wits against a machine. Lots of people wanted to test their mettle against the Deep Blue chess laying program.

And it’s likely to bring out a whole breed of poker bot developers wishing to pit their programs against others made by other developers. At the very least, these would be fun to watch.

Poker bots, for those who don’t know. are programs designed to play poker equal or superior to that of human players. Results have so far been mixed. Which is probably why Barry Greenstein doesn’t see much of a threat in permitting them seats at the felt.