The program, called Polaris, will play four games of ‘Texas Hold Em’ Poker Tournament. Its opponents are Phil Laak and Ali Eslami, gamblers from Los Angeles who are among the top players in the global high- stakes cash poker circuit.

The competition will begin with humans receiving $5,000 for each match they win against Polaris. Play $500 match poker bonus.

But the cash is modest, noted Eslami, who said he agreed to come to this western Canadian city to compete because he’s interested in artificial intelligence. Online poker.

The man-machine poker game is billed as one highlight at the annual global conference of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. More than 1,000 scientists from universities and corporations pre-registered for the event in this western Canadian city, said an organizer. Play route 66 poker.

Scientists have now developed computers that can beat humans at chess, checkers and backgammon. But if Polaris wins the essentially psychological game of poker — with its inherent bluffing, emotions, deliberate deception and elements of chance as well as mathematics — Bowling said it will be a major milestone for the progress of Artificial Intelligence.

Poker News Source: Daily Times