Phil Laak to play poker machine.

Crummy · Jul 22, 2007

Read this:

Man to battle machine in poker matchup - Innovation - MSNBC.com

bodizzl · Jul 22, 2007

dang

as if there werent already enough bots on full tilt. soon theyll be that much smarter,

AEberle · Jul 22, 2007

that is pretty cool i hope the humans win damn the computers

MakMan · Jul 22, 2007

if not today, pretty soon the machine will conquer the human in poker as it did in chess a decade ago. it's only a matter of time.

GaTechMom · Jul 23, 2007

I saw that article and though it will be interesting to see what happens.

reglardave · Jul 23, 2007

Maybe Phil can bring J Till along to distract the 'pooter by flopping her fun bags.

buckster436 · Jul 23, 2007

That was in my local paper today,,, very interesting,, buck

gord962 · Jul 23, 2007

This is big news here in Edmonton as we are home to the University of Alberta.

NineLions · Jul 23, 2007

gord962 said:
This is big news here in Edmonton as we are home to the University of Alberta.

I've seen one very short article in the local papers here, where it's being held.

Mind you, I never watch TV or listen to the radio, and the only time I read the paper is during lunch at work.

I still have faint hopes of getting out to see some of the displays for this convention.

ripptyde · Jul 23, 2007

LIVE updates on the match(s)

The First Man-Machine Poker Championship

quads · Jul 23, 2007

This might be news that a pro is going against a super bot publicly, but we've been playing against them for years already. Wake up and smell the coffee. But not to worry, just read a few more books on how to overcome bots, negative variance, fish schooling, and long term outcomes based on a theory, and you'll keep making your millions on cash tables online.

singate · Jul 24, 2007

MakMan said:
if not today, pretty soon the machine will conquer the human in poker as it did in chess a decade ago. it's only a matter of time.

I would not go so far as to say computers have conquered man at chess. They are able to compete and beat the best players in the world but it's not like computers are winning 9 out of 10 matches at that level. When you consider the time and energy that is put into current chess programs and the uber powerful computers used to play against top flight grandmasters it is impressive that humans can still win. I imagine the evolution of poker programs will follow the same path.

bob_tiger · Jul 24, 2007

i think thats just kind of stupid...that takes away all of the fun from the game and if they keep messing it up and adding bunch of stupid crap to it then soon nobody will play. thats just stupid

aliengenius · Jul 24, 2007

bob_tiger said:
i think thats just kind of stupid...that takes away all of the fun from the game and if they keep messing it up and adding bunch of stupid crap to it then soon nobody will play. thats just stupid

What?

vanquish · Jul 24, 2007

bob_tiger said:
i think thats just kind of stupid...that takes away all of the fun from the game and if they keep messing it up and adding bunch of stupid crap to it then soon nobody will play. thats just stupid

Be more specific, plz.

jeffred1111 · Jul 24, 2007

I doubt that Phil Laak is representative of a great limit player. Ali is much better (plays 1k/2k if memory serves). Shoudl've pitted Jen Harman against the cpu, since right now, Ali is even with Polairs, while Laak is getting utterly destroyed.

Plus, this is HU only (wich makes the decision tree much simpler), I doubt that a computer could take on many limit greats at once. At least not right now with the hardware and probably software limitations.

On a another note, checkers has been beaten by Chinook, a computer using brute-force to calculate every outcome of every move. The proof has been made that you cannot beat it at the game. Wonder if we'll ever get there for much more compelx games (Go, Chess) and games that involve luck (Poker).

mixmaster_matt · Jul 25, 2007

Humans narrowly beat computer in poker battle - Yahoo! News

The Humans WIN!!!!!!!!

smithtown1 · Oct 7, 2007

good for him and best of luck to phil too!

sweetz · Oct 7, 2007

thats completely insane. id think that would be so fun. lucky laak!

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