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My Reflections on the First Man vs. Machine No-Limit Texas Hold 'em Competition

Computer Science and Game Theory 2018-11-07 v2 Artificial Intelligence Multiagent Systems Theoretical Economics
Authors: Sam Ganzfried
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Abstract

The first ever human vs. computer no-limit Texas hold 'em competition took place from April 24-May 8, 2015 at River's Casino in Pittsburgh, PA. In this article I present my thoughts on the competition design, agent architecture, and lessons learned.

Keywords

no-limit Texas hold 'em human vs machine computer poker agent architecture competition design game theory

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@article{arxiv.1510.08578,
  title  = {My Reflections on the First Man vs. Machine No-Limit Texas Hold 'em Competition},
  author = {Sam Ganzfried},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.08578},
  year   = {2018}
}

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