I think the idea of restricting virtual play to those who put in hours of actual play is good. But I think you also need to maintain some minimal number of virtual players in the rankings to make it interesting. I would suggest 100. Drop players off using the method you now do until the total number in the rankings drops to 100.

I say this only because the site appears to be dying. People are losing interest. When the place looks dead it speeds this process.

I'm not sure what the ultimate business plan is. But I would suggest that you market software. I am talking about software that includes bot making ability and a Sonia who plays the games. Make it allow for high speed simulations. There is a big need for software that can simulate situations against realistic opponents. Include programmable pre-flop options so that the profitability of various strategies can be compared.

Turbo Texas Holdem almost does this, but you have the capability to create a far superior program that would sell well. Allow people on this site to upload virtual players they have created at home to play against other bots, as they do on Poker Academy. The Poker Academy software does not allow for high speed simulations.

Since the upgrade my virtual self has had a strange performance. It beats the 10/20 game for 1.8BB/100 over more than 16K hands. Yet it loses at the 1/2 level for .6BB/100 with an 89K sample. The style must be better suited for the robots playing at higher levels. If it didn't ever go on a lucky streak playing at 1/2, allowing it to move up, I may have never seen this.

I suspect the opposite is true for many bots. There must be some that smash the lower limits and then lose after they move up.

For my veritual self no matter what setting I select I can only see around 2.7k hands. I've tried having the Don't show from before update box checked and unchecked. I've tried showing the last 40 session and all sessions. Any thoughts?

Hi

there only seem to be a lot less people with virtual player rankings (<70). whats up with that?. did alot of people turn them off or go busto too many times or something?

We have made significant improvements to the Virtual Players which now make them able to emulate even the very best human players. As a result Sonia and the Virtual Players provide you with even more realistic and challenging virtual money poker games than ever before!

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With our new hand and session replayer you can replay any previous session or hand you or your Virtual Player have played. You can even just set it to replay the big pots you’ve won.

A link to the hand and session replayer can be found on your home page or on the new session details pages also accessible from your home page.

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In order to reward regular play Virtual Players now accumulate their reload funds directly as a result of the hands you play on the site. Your Virtual Player will earn $2 in reload funds for every real hand you play. Current reload funds can be found on your Home Page along with the total number of $50 buy-ins your Virtual Player can make at the starting stakes of $1/$2.

Should your Virtual Player not have enough funds to buy-in at $1/$2 your Home Page will display the number of real hands you need to play.

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You can now get detailed session statistics for both you and your Virtual Player. You can even break down the session hand by hand.

A link to the detailed hand and session stats can be found on your home page by clicking on one of the stakes in your player stats.

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In addition to controlling how your Virtual Player moves up using the 'BBs to move up' option you may now also set a maximum stakes that you wish your Virtual Player to play at. To access the option go to your Home Page and click on 'Edit Virtual Player Preferences'.

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On your Home Page you can now filter both your and your Virtual Player's stats to only show recent sessions.

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