Originally published at: https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/ai-system-beats-pros-at-texas-holdem/
A team of researchers from University of Alberta, Charles University in Prague and Czech Technical University developed an AI system called DeepStack that defeated professional poker players, making it the first computer program to beat professional players in heads-up no-limit Texas hold’em poker. “Poker has been a longstanding challenge problem in artificial intelligence,” says Michael…