Robot’s bluff their way to $100,000

Monday, 18 July 2005

Walking away from the poker table with 100 large in your pocket is nothing special in Sin City. But until Thursday, the gambling capital had never seen a robot do it.
Last week, six programmers converged on Binion's, the downtown casino that i

Walking away from the poker table with 100 large in your pocket is nothing special in Sin City. But until Thursday, the gambling capital had never seen a robot do it.
Last week, six programmers converged on Binion's, the downtown casino that is the birthplace of the World Series of Poker, spurred by a winner-take-all prize of $100,000 offered GoldenPalace.com.
After three days of a popular form of poker called limit hold em’ PokerProbot, written by Hilton 'Print' Givens of Lafayette, Indiana, emerged victorious, outlasting Catfish, a program written by Brian Edwards of Jacksonville, Florida.
The announcement of the competition was met with much disdain from online poker players, with many dismissing it as a cheating competition.
'I've had a lot of angry e-mail. That surprised me,' said Ken Mages, the event's creator. I don't think this will change what happens, the event might actually help online poker sites find ways to protect their customers.”



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