Polaris

From PokerAI

Polaris is a pokerbot developed by the computer poker research group at the University of Alberta (UACP). Polaris is a composite program consisting of a number of bots, including HyperBorean07, the winner of the limit equilibrium series in the annual AAAI Computer poker competition (AAAIc). Polaris also contains a number of other fixed strategies, as well as an optional adaptive component which attempts to model opponent play and choose the best strategy against its opponent.

Polaris represented the "machines" in the "First Man vs Machine Poker Championship" in 2007.

Polaris strategy

Detailed description and analysys of Polaris poker strategies are given in Mike Johanson master thesis, see bellow.

See also

• Wikipedia article on Polaris [1].

Links

• Michael Bradley Johanson, "Robust Strategies and Counter-Strategies: Building a Champion Level Computer Poker Player" [2]
• University of Alberta Computer Poker Reearch Group (UACPRG).
• Polaris official site which includes hand histories, live blog, photo gallery and post-match analysis.