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A computer poker player is a computer program designed to play the game of poker (generally the Texas hold 'em version), against human opponents or other computer opponents. It is commonly referred to as pokerbot or just simply bot. As of 2019, computers can beat any human player in poker.
This category is for well known poker players, including those that win major tournaments, notable authors of poker-related books, those in the Poker Hall of Fame (or similar halls of fame) for poker playing, and those that are featured frequently on televised poker shows (not "celebrity" poker shows).
This category is for articles about robots/bots that play poker. Pages in category "Computer poker players" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
An online poker game. Online poker is the game of poker played over the Internet.It has been partly responsible for a huge increase in the number of poker players worldwide. Christiansen Capital Advisors stated online poker revenues grew from $82.7 million in 2001 to $2.4 billion in 2005, [1] while a survey carried out by DrKW and Global Betting and Gaming Consultants asserted online poker ...
Officers of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry playing cards in front of tents. Petersburg, Virginia, August 1864. In the 1937 edition of Foster's Complete Hoyle, R. F. Foster wrote: "the game of poker, as first played in the United States, five cards to each player from a twenty-card pack, is undoubtedly the Persian game of As-Nas."
Schaeffer is a member and, until 2004, leader of the computer poker research group at the University of Alberta, which has developed several strong computer programs for playing Texas hold 'em poker. The earliest and most general of these is Poki, which uses Monte Carlo simulation to choose actions during a game.
Andrew Lichtenberger (born September 20, 1987) is an American poker player from East Northport, New York.He is also known by his online alias LuckyChewy.He is the champion of the 2010 World Series of Poker Circuit event in Caesars Palace, Las Vegas in April 2010.
Jack "Treetop" Straus (June 16, 1930 – August 17, 1988) was an American professional poker player.. He is best known for winning the 1982 World Series of Poker Main Event, where he was able to come back from being down to one chip earlier in the tournament, giving meaning to the poker phrase "a chip and a chair".