Triple Triad doomed to become Cheater vs. Cheater?

[Grotesque]

Speaking from a computer scientists point of view, Triple Triad has a rather low complexity with a small rule set and maximum tree-depth of 9 moves.
Given the fact, that in most modes the cards of the enemy are also visible, it is a just a little programming practice to write up a KI based on Minimax-Algorithm with Alpha-Beta pruning, maybe it is also possible to do an exhaustive search on the complete solution space. Playing with such an 'aid' will certainly crush most JohnDoe players, because the KI will always be able to compute the optimal strategy and move.
What do you think, will Triple Triad degenerate to Cheater vs Cheater in mid-term?