Miami Vegan Blog
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Poker Players Beat Computer
by Deboran Jones 1 hour, 23 minutes ago
VANCOUVER (AFP) - Two professional poker players narrowly beat a computer late Tuesday after four tense rounds that scientists called the world's first man-versus-machine poker championship.
Phil Laak and Ali Eslami, two poker players from Los Angeles ranked as the world's best, prevailed against a program named Polaris by just 570 points in the fourth and final game in the match.
Rows of weary-looking computer scientists and a few spectators watched the grueling poker battle in an overheated hotel conference room as it stretched on until 11 pm (0600 GMT) on Tuesday.
When the humans won, the room erupted in cheers.
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I actually really love poker because of the psychological aspects of the game. The reason I think the human won over the machine is:
1) Computers have definite patterns which internet players can detect in minutes.
2) A computer can't take into account a person's facial expressions or odd behavior.
That's my two cents .. I'll give you your change back later. Cya
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