Machine vs man poker challenge introduction

See http://smart-machines.blogspot.com

Professional poker players Phil Laak and Ali Eslami play against artificial intelligence software Polaris for the first man-machine poker championship during the AAAI-07 conference in Vancouver, Canada.

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• machine
• versus
• man
• poker
• challenge
• Ali
• Eslami
• Phil
• Laak
• aaai

[nunmbr2001]

poker academy bots are not that hard to beat .. i'm not sure why this is up ..

[OMGClayAiken]

humans crushed the computer.

2ptbb/100 hands.. at limit holdem????

humans = way better . the pros anyway

[chiefcantshooot]

what phil lack was in u of A i wish i was there that day :S

[scottmun]

While I admire the endeavor, a computer cannot beat a good professional player. It's not like chess where the computer has a huge advantage over a human by being able to calculate hundreds of thousands of moves in a fraction of a second. Yes, poker has a lot of math, but it's pretty simple and a human can easily come close enough to a computer to basically eliminate that advantage.

I'm not saying a computer will never be better. Just not with our current technology and resources.

[azzzeee]

this is sick in the future no one gonna play online all the data pograms are going to destroye online poker!!!!!

[margaritivil]

Results...

$10/$20 Limit Texas Hold'em Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Sum

Ali Eslami +$395 -$2495 -$635 +$460 -$2275

Phil Laak -$465 +$1570 +$1455 +$110 +$2670

Combined Score -$70 -$925 +$820 +$570 +$395

Result Statistical Draw Polaris Wins Humans Win Humans Win Humans Win

Duplicate

Hands Played 497* 499** 499* 500 1995

Unofficial Match results

[BOMBOVA]

i read the article in the sun paper. Did anyone know what the two sets of 500 hands was ?? V Metro

[illjustice]

who won, I NEED VIDEO OF MATCH OR SOMETHING

[adrianscally]

Lol... I'm looking for poker and I end up watching this... I think I need to go to bed.

[pokerpro1078]

phil laak wins