Deep learning algorithm learned to play poker and defeated professional players

Briefing

Deep learning algorithm learned to play poker and defeated professional players

February 28, 2017

Briefing

  • Poker Bot– Researchers in Canada and Czech Republic developed poker playing bot DeepStack that won against professional human players in no-limit Texas hold’em poker
  • Deep Learning Program – Learned by playing against itself, refining its strategy after each game, with researchers feeding system with previous poker games
  • Gut Feel Emulation – Researchers applied approximation technique on DeepStack to emulate human gut feel, which is used for guessing if other players are bluffing or not, enabling it to study opponents' betting patterns, rather than body language
  • Significantly Higher Win Rate – Recorded win rate is nine times better than professional player performance

Accelerator

Sector

Information Technology

Organization

Charles University, Czech Technical University in Prague, University of Alberta

Source

Original Publication Date

January 11, 2017

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