PBWC and WSOPR Comparison

From PokerAI

With the following table Ray Bornert makes a comparison between The PokerBot World Championship (PBWC) and The World Series of Poker Robots (WSOPR). The definition of the non-defined comparison factors can be found (or inquired) in the original thread in the WinHoldem usergroup forums (see link at the end).

Comparison of PBWC and WSOPR

Feature	PBWC	WSOPR
live	yes	no+
digital	yes	yes
closed lan	yes	no+
humans allowed	yes	no++
bots allowed	yes	yes++
humans paid by host to travel	no	no
humans paid by host to enter	no	yes
humans pay to travel	yes	yes
humans pay to enter	yes	no
bots paid by host to travel	no	no
bots paid by host to enter	no	yes
bots pay to travel	yes	yes
bots pay to enter	yes	no
sponsored humans allowed	yes	yes
sponsored bots allowed	yes	yes
sponsor logo attire allowed	yes	yes
prizes paid by host	no	yes
prizes paid by players	yes	no
freeroll	no	yes
human identity privacy policy	yes	no
lo$ and hi$ events	yes	no
trophy jewelry	yes	no
open text protocol	yes	no
public protocol	yes	no
policed protocol	yes	no
client source code available	yes	no
direct connect	yes	no
dynamic hh connect	yes	yes
scraped connect	no	no
accessible platform testing	yes	no
free downloadable server	yes	no
organized player registration	yes	no
player determined shuffling	yes	no
hdtv resolution client	yes	no
recordable client replay	yes	no
platform independent clients	yes	no
server hand histories published	yes	no
godmode audience participation	yes	no
comparable b&m format	yes	no
FLT, PLT & NLT events	yes	no
official logo	yes	no
official website(s)	yes	no
press release	yes	yes
advanced notice	yes	no
vacation atmosphere	yes	no
international territory	yes	no
official travel agent	yes	no
business address published	yes	no
media contact published	yes	yes
legal	yes	yes

+ server in vancouver, clients in nevada

++ bots only many hands tournament with the bot winner playing a human headsup (i.e. a highly selective freeroll)

Links

• Original source of the comparison