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Press Release: Poker Academy to Supply Software Platform for the First $50,000 Man Versus Machine Texas Holdem Poker Championship

July 19, 2007 · Leave a Comment

“Poker Academy, the premier source for quality poker software (http://www.poker-academy.com), today announced it will supply the technological platform for the first $50,000 Man Versus Machine Texas Holdem Poker Championship, which will take place in Vancouver, Canada, in conjunction with the annual conference of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), July 23 and 24 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver, B.C.

The $50,000 Man-Machine Texas Holdem Poker Championship will pit a poker-playing computer program developed at the University of Alberta against two top-level poker professionals in a controlled scientific experiment with real money on the line. Polaris, the reigning world champion computer poker program, will challenge Phil “The Unabomber” Laak and Ali Eslami…”

Poker Academy (07/18/07)

Categories: Computers · Tournament

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