Bet On The Bot: AI Beats The Professionals At 6-Player Texas Hold 'Em
Six-player Texas Hold 'em has been too tough for a machine to master — until now. A bot named Pluribus crushed some of the world's best poker players using brash and unorthodox strategies.
Chalk up another victory for machines.
In artificial intelligence, it's a milestone when a computer program can beat top players at a game like chess. But a game like poker, specifically six-player Texas Hold 'em, has been too tough for a machine to master — until now.
Researchers say they have designed a bot called Pluribus capable of taking on poker professionals in the most popular form of poker and winning.
Four-time World Poker Tour title holder Darren Elias helped test the program's skills, playing Texas
