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Human vs. Machine: Poker Showdown at Rivers Casino
The Brains Vs. AI project, a long-term program at Carnegie Mellon University, has organized a historic poker match between a bot named Claudico and four professional players. The match will consist of 80,000 hands, with 20,000 hands against each player, and will take place from April 24 to May 7, 2015, at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh.
The bot, named Claudico, will play against Douglas "WCGRider" Polk, Dong "Donger Kim" Kim, Bjorn "asianflushie" Li, and Jason "cheet" Les. Each player will receive $100,000 regardless of the outcome, sponsored by Microsoft Research and Rivers Casino.
The game conditions are designed to minimize the element of chance, with mirroring hands and separate floors for players. The bot's strategy was developed by Professor Tuomas Sandholm and his graduate students Noam Brown and Sam Ganzfried. Douglas Polk expressed optimism about human capabilities, hoping to prolong the competition against computers. The match will be streamed live on Twitch.TV with open cards.
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