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We’ve got news. Our Holdem Bot now works at BetOnline Poker, in all game types and at all table types.

This is a big USA-friendly poker room tied to a huge online sports book (which may explain why the games are so soft). The bot multi-tables well at this site. It plays 10-max, 6-max, and 2-max tables. It plays SNG’s and MTT’s, and follows the table changes for you in the MTT’s. During testing we had quite a bit of enthusiastic feedback, including:

“Every cash game I tested so far I tripled my stack in using the 6-pack profile.”

“Every SNG and MTT I tested I finished in the money.”

If you want to have a go at BetOnline Poker, download Holdem Bot version 7.8.0 here:

http://bonusbots.com/hedownload.htm

Also, we’re trying to decide what other sites on this network (Chico) to add support for. We’re thinking PayNoRake looks good. If you have suggestions, please reply to this email with them.

That’s it for now. If you need a license for the Holdem Bot there’s a link for purchasing one on the bot menu. Have fun at BetOnline and we’ll see you or your bot at the cashier window.

Thanks!

Shanky Technologies Team

Shanky Technologies now accepts Bitcoin in payment for our all three of our Poker Bot licenses. This is a direct payment through Coinbase, so if you have a Coinbase account you can pay from your balance if you like.

More and more online poker rooms are accepting Bitcoin deposits as well. Among those that our Holdem Bot currently supports are the four Winning Poker Network rooms (America’s Cardroom, Blackchip Poker, 5 Dimes Shark Tank, and True Poker), and BetOnline Poker, which our Holdem Bot is currently in beta testing for. In addition, Neteller recently began accepting Bitcoin deposits – which pretty much means you can now use Bitcoin for online poker at any poker site you choose, if you live in a country that Neteller services.

The Bitcoin enthusiast community is an interesting group of people. They seem to be rebels at heart, seeking to live and conduct their personal business freely, outside the oppressive constraints of government scrutiny over every personal financial transaction. Well, who can blame them? Online poker is a good fit for this crowd, as cash moves back and forth across the felt free from outside interference. Bitcoin is essentially online cash, so its presence should only help the online poker industry which has been so negatively affected by unjustifiable government harassment in so many international venues. We feel this is a step back in the right direction. Poker players should be able to play where they want when they want, globally. We all desperately wish to see a return to those days.

Greetings Poker Sharks,

We just posted a new free profile in the support forum. This one is called 6-Pack. It’s loose-aggressive, designed for 6-max cash games. Here’s what Egor says about it:

“This one generally plays the way I do personally. Plenty of loose open-raising, and lots of random raising of one opponent on the flop — including some check-raising from first-position when we were the pre-flop aggressor. Some random pushing on the flop with good hands, or certain draws, after an opponent bets or raises. Also attempts to steal pots on the Turn when a pair flopped (mimicking slow-played trips). Makes a fair amount of random river-steal attempts when there was no betting on the Turn and we have no showdown value.”

Feedback has been good so far. One thing is for sure, the 6-pack is fun to watch — as it really mixes it up with strong post-flop heads up play. You can access it by logging into the forum and going to the Working Profiles board. Look for the new thread titled Egor’s 6-Pack Profile.

By the way, if you are not yet a member please understand there is much more to our forum that you cannot see until you log in. Lots of profiles, help with customizing the plays, and discussions about results and strategies. Right now we’re talking about bluffing more aggressively when you flop a backdoor straight possibility, and working on new code-lines for the bot to make these kinds of plays. So do log in and read around if you haven’t stopped by lately. Here are some recent comments:

“Just wanted to let you know the ‘Tournament Alpha’ profile won first out of 137. Played excellent heads up even with a short stack.”

“I’m new to this but seeing success. Tried the Lion profile at 10-player SNG’s.  So far I have played 8 and had 1 first place, 1 second place and two 3rd places …also I just hit 1st place on a satellite tournament to a $50,000 GTD that takes place at 7pm tonight. All these were completely unassisted with just the bot playing.”

And here’s a chart someone posted showing their MTT results:

In case you can’t read that, they are up right around $1,000 so far. Let me tell you, once you start using a bot to play MTT’s you won’t want to play them any other way. Why sit and grind it out for five hours? Let the bot do the heavy lifting and then you come in fresh after it’s in the money and finish it off — or, as many of our customers do, you might decide to let the bot finish it. Our tournament profiles have taken may first place finishes unassisted.

You can download the latest version of the Holdem Bot (version 7.6.2) here:

http://bonusbots.com/hedownload.htm

That’s it for now. If you need a license, there’s a link to purchase one on the bot itself. Have fun with the 6-pack and we’ll see you or your bot at the cashier cage.

Sincerely,

Shanky Technologies Team

We’re happy to announce support for WSOP Poker. Our Holdem Bot is now fully functional on the Nevada, New Jersey, and UK poker sites for WSOP. The bot is also fully working on the New Jersey 888 site. You can download version 7.5.6 of the Holdem Bot with WSOP support here:

http://bonusbots.com/hedownload.htm

As always, all existing license holders get the upgrade for free. Your current license will work with the new version of the bot. WSOP is an 888-powered poker client so see the 888 section of the latest Holdem Bot User Manual for proper setup instructions. The bot will work in all game types including play money, cash games, SNG’s, speed tables, and of course MTT’s.

Speaking of tournaments, here’s what two of our recent customers reported using the bot to play them:

“I had a free $50 tournament ticket for a first time deposit and decided to use it before it expired. I used the Doodle-MTT profile and finished in fourth place totally unassisted for a cash of around $600.”

“I’m new to this but found the free Lion profile to rock for me, my bankroll is going up very nicely just playing ‘on tap’ tournaments.”

And here’s what a new customer said about his experience playing cash games with the bot:

“Playing only 1 and 2 cent blinds and usually just 3 tables at a time and maybe for only 2-4 hours per day the bot is up over $100. I recently made a $25 deposit and am now at $150.”

Finally, this graph of results was posted in our forum just a couple weeks ago by a new member who is playing only low buy-in MTT’s :

Up $1,000 on less than 200 events – now that’s the way to build a bankroll. Way to go.

The bot plays all game types including DON’s and heads up tables. There are profiles inside our support forum targeting just about everything, and you can easily tweak them any way you like for as many (or few) plays as you care to alter. We now support over 25 poker sites including Italian, French, Spanish, Danish, Belgian, USA, Russian, and Chinese-friendly poker rooms. At least one of our USA-friendly rooms takes players from all 50 states. Whatever type of online holdem you’re into, and wherever you happen to live, we’ve got you covered. Our software can be a valuable tool in your poker arsenal, as you can see by the above unsolicited customer feedback.

That’s it for now. If you need a license, there’s a link to purchase one on the bot itself. Have fun at WSOP and we’ll see you or your bot at the final table.

Sincerely,

Shanky Technologies Team

We just added support for Ladbrokes Poker to our Holdem Bot software. Why another iPoker room? Because they have an EU license (no taxes on winnings) and, let’s face it, Ladbrokes is one of the biggest names in gaming. You can download Holdem Bot version 7.3.2 with full support for Ladbrokes here:

http://bonusbots.com/hedownload.htm

The new version of the bot also comes with Doodle 104 as the default profile. That means it’s now been improved 104 times, always with the help of our forum members posting hand histories along with suggestions for refinement. Those are rare these days, because this profile has become so strong it’s hard to find spots for further improvement. The Doodle is a true community project that plays extremely solid tight-aggressive poker and is best used at full-ring NL tables (9 or 10 max). Here’s a new chart someone posted of just 11,000 hands played:

Basically break-even so far. What good is a break-even cash game profile? Lots! Rakeback, bonus-clearing, and earning credits for freeroll tournaments, just for starters.

Speaking of tournaments, we have more than a few MTT botters reporting good results with the many different profiles available. This graph was posted by someone using the ‘webmtt’ profile in tiny, $1 buy-in events:
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The results are probably too small for you to see on this reduced-size image, but it’s up around $300 so far. That isn’t too shabby for $1 buy-ins! Of course, we also have many success stories of using the bot in higher stakes tournaments, including some final-table scores reported with prizes won that were in the thousands.

Please note: When you upgrade from an earlier version of the bot to 7.3.1 or higher you will need to email us to request a replacement license. This is because we have changed the licensing scheme. Don’t worry; it’s a one-time thing so the replacement license will work with all subsequent bot upgrades. Just reply to this email with the Computer ID number the bot gives you and we’ll send the new license back, plus we will add 1 month extra to your license term for your trouble.

That’s it for now. If you need to buy a license, there’s a link for that on the bot itself. Have fun at Ladbrokes and we’ll see you (or your bot) at a final table soon.

Sincerely,

Shanky Technologies Team