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Poker Robots
by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
February 7, 2006
Recently, there is a big
discussion between the poker community people about
online poker robots that could be able to play online by
it selves. Technically a Poker "bot" is a robot, which
was first developed by The University of Alberta's
Computer Poker Research Group. This robot could scan
cards of its opponents by using screen scanning
techniques and then respond in real time. Poker players
are concerned about these robots as nobody is sure of
how good the poker robot playing against them is! As
always, there is a divided opinion abut the whole affair
of poker robots. On the one hand, some people tent to
wonder how a player can win against a robot, when and if
it has been created to play poker perfectly, all the
time. On the other hand, some people don’t mind the
robots, claiming that a robot can only be as perfect as
his developer. Anyways poker is a complex game and
programming a good, always victorious robot is a very
hard and nearly impossible task.
World Poker Robot
Championship-
The
growing popularity of
poker robots lead to organizing of the tournament
called world poker robot championship. This tournament
was inaugurated in 2006. The stakes in the tournament
were higher than merely the $100,000 pot that will go to
the winning computer programmer. The tournament was
originally called the World Series of Poker Robots. It
was organized to shed light on one of the most
challenging aspects of artificial intelligence: that is
getting computers to solve problems when they're given
incomplete and misleading information. The tournament
was held at Binion's Horseshoe Hotel & Casino, which was
the site of the final two rounds of the real World
Series of Poker. The significant think about the
tournament is that it draws out different ideas and
techniques for creating artificial intelligence. This
was the reason why many programmers were skeptical of
bringing in their robot for participation. They feared
the real ability of their robot will be exposed! Whether
you are a poker robot hater or whether you think you can
easily take on a poker robot, poker robot is an
interesting invention. And it seems just the beginning!
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