Robots or 'bots' as they are called in the online poker world are a hot potato according to the latest poker news If you haven't heard of bots " you will.

Poker bots are nothing new. The concept of artificial opponents was originally developed for the game of chess. Over time, programmers were able to create computerized opponents that can defeat the world's greatest chess-playing humans.

But, No-Limit Hold'em is a far more complicated game to teach a robot than chess. But Limit Hold'em, however, thanks to its primarily mathematical nature, is a bit easier for bots to wrap their silicon heads around.

But what is a Poker Bot?

Well, a poker bot is a very simple program. It reads the poker table window as an image, and each part of the table with information specific to the hand is analyzed and recorded for computation. Once the computer is asked for input (meaning the action is on the bot), it uses its programmed logic to pick the best course of action. Simple, huh?

Not necessarily, because as we know, poker is not straightforward and sometimes the 'best course of action' is difficult to decipher.
So, for now, it seems, us humans are safe. But who knows, one day they could invent a poker genius, a Terminator of the Table that could kill all opponents in a flash. But for now, Phil Ivey is as close as we get to a robotic poker champ.