In poker's ultimate test of man-versus-machine who was the final victor? (Photo courtesy AP Images and C-2 Pictures)

First it was Chinook with checkers. Then it was Deep Blue with chess. And now, more recently it's Polaris and poker.

Last week poker pros Phil Laak and Ali Eslami went head-to-head against Polaris, the latest artificial intelligence designed to put humanity in its place. Women poker players.

The competition took place at an artificial intelligence conference in Vancouver starting at noon on Aug. 23 and concluded the following evening. It was broken down into four sessions of 500 hands of $10/$20 Limit Holdem in each session with $50,000 going to the winning team. Play online poker.

Was the machine good enough to beat seasoned veterans Phil Laak and Ali Eslami? Stay tuned to our poker blog for more updates.

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