Herself’s Artificial Intelligence

Update 7/26/07

After two days and 2,000 hands of concentrated poker, the human team of Ali Eslami and Phil ‘The Unabomber’ Laak won the first $50,000 Man-Machine Poker Championship in Canada.

Man Bests Machine for Poker Title

Update 7/24/07

The Man-Machine Poker Championship will come down to one final 500-hand battle this evening as Phil Laak and Ali Eslami take on Polaris, the world’s leading poker-playing computer program.

So far, three of the four sessions have been played, with a technical tie called for the first session played Monday afternoon, Polaris winning the second session Monday and Phil Laak and Ali Eslami pulling off a win during today’s afternoon session.

Poker News - Bot versus human poker battle

Posted 6/18/07
Canadian researchers have requested two of the world’s best poker players to 2000 hands of Texas Hold ‘em on July 23rd and 24th. A $50,000 prize is at stake here.

They are hoping to produce an artificial poker player that is better than any human player.

Polaris ( the AI poker player ) is actually several programs not one. Some adjust to the opponents some do not. Supposedly the program is quite adapt at bluffing.

More information:
Rules for the AAAI Computer Poker Competition (rules, code, forums, results should be here soon also )
Gaming Business: Canadian Researchers Gambling on Program’s Poker Skills