"ALGORITHMS: Computer takes on champs in poker challenge"

The world's First Man-Machine Poker Championship is pitting two poker masters against a computer program, called Polaris, at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) conference (Vancouver B.C.). Polaris was programmed by the University of Alberta and is competing against Phil "The Unabomber" Laak, a mechanical engineer and winner of the World Poker Tour.
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