Phil Laak and Ali Eslami edge Polaris
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- Phil Laak and Ali Eslami win the Man vs Computer $10-$20 Limit Hold ‘Em match 2-1 with a fourth session ruled a statistical draw.
Earlier your friendly blogger posted about the Match with Phil Laak and Ali Eslami against the Polaris software program developed to play heads up Limit Hold ‘Em. Polaris was developed by the University of Alberta Computer Poker Research Group.
The match had some unusual components, for example:
- Phil and Ali played in separate rooms, against separate versions of Polaris, and were not allowed to communicate.
- In each 500 hand session, the cards dealt to Laak were dealt to Eslami’s Polaris. Also the hands dealt to Eslami were dealt to Laak’s Polaris.
- The board was identical for both hands.
The 4 - 500 hand sessions were held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver, Canada. They were part of the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.
Here is a live blog of the event with all four sessions recapped in detail.
- Session 1 is declared a Statistical Draw with 497 hands played on Monday July 23rd at Noon Pacific time
- Polaris + $465 vs Phil Laak
- Ali Eslami +$395 vs Polaris
- Polaris +$70 for the session
- Session 2 Polaris is the Winner with 499 hands played on Monday July 23rd at 6:00pm Pacific time
- Polaris +$2495 vs Ali Eslami
- Phil Laak +$1570 vs Polaris
- Polaris +$925 for the session
- Session 3 Phil and Ali are the Winners with 499 hands played on Tuesday July 24th at Noon Pacific time
- Polaris + $635 vs Ali Eslami
- Phil Laak +$1455 vs Polaris
- Phil and Ali +$820 for the session
- Session 4 Phil and Ali are the Winners with 500 hands played on Tuesday July 24th at 6:00 pm Pacific time
- Phil Laak +$110 vs Polaris
- Ali Eslami +$460 vs Polaris
- Phil and Ali +$570 for the session
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July 26th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
I think Polaris went on tilt in session 3. He probably sounded like R2D2, which translates into Helmuth speak if you put it in english. I have to listen to the host of my poker league use the same language about once a month.