Author: Albert Silver
Date: 16:43:47 07/25/05
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On July 25, 2005 at 03:58:34, Milos Horvath wrote: >On July 25, 2005 at 03:40:15, Ratko V Tomic wrote: > >>By John Leyden (john.leyden at theregister.co.uk) >>Published Friday 22nd July 2005 15:24 GMT >>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/22/pokerbot/print.html >> >>Supercomputers may be able to outdo grand masters in strategy games like chess >>but when it comes to the low cunning and judgment required in games like poker >>mankind still has the upper hand. Human Phil Laak this week beat PokerProbot, >>the Hydra of Texas hold 'em, in a face-off at Binion's Gambling Hall, Las Vegas. > >Neural network technology or crafted AI? Both. The second place winner, Poki, is considered the top poker AI (it adapts according to your play), and can be bought via http://www.poker-academy.com An excellent program BTW. In another article at http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/cl-et-pokerbots18jul18,0,2834558.story?coll=cl-home-top-blurb-right, ------------------------------- Laak After dispatching PokerProbot, he played Poki-X, concentrating harder than he had the previous match. "It feels like I'm playing a human," he complained early on. "It's probably outplaying me." Albert
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