Poker professionals will compete against new artificial intelligence again developed by Carnegie Mellon University to see whether the odds favor man or machine in heads-up no-limit Texas Hold’em games.
Beginning Jan. 11 at Pittsburgh’s Rivers Casino, the “Brains Vs. Artificial Intelligence: Upping the Ante” event will host four poker pros – Jason Les, Dong Kim, Daniel McAulay and Jimmy Chou – who will then play 120,000 hands of the heads-up no-limit hold’em games over the course of 20 days for a share of a $200,000 prize.
The computer of choice, Libratus, has been created since last year’s competition when Claudico, the former Carnegie Mellon computer program collected less chips than three of the four players last year, playing out 80,000 hands, too few to determine a conclusion of whether man or machine outwitted the other with statistical significance.