Man vs Machine Poker Championship
From PokerAI
"$50,000 will be up for grabs as Polaris, the latest headsup specialist bot out of the University of Alberta Poker Research Group, takes on Phil "The Unabomber" Laak and Ali Eslami at the 2007 AAAI conference July 23 & 24." [1]
The human players won the match with statistical signifiance according to the setup rules (and hence the 50000$ prize). However, in his master thesis, Mike Johanson provides evidence that Pollaris actually played better than the humans if luck is theoretically eliminated.
See also
- University of Alberta Computer Poker Reearch Group.
Links
- Polaris official site which includes hand histories, live blog, photo gallery and post-match analysis.
- "Man vs Machine – Polaris vs Laak and Eslami" [2]
- Videos of competition play and some cursory details [3]
- Another four videos from the competition: [4]
