Man vs. Machine 2k7 Championship Videos
The Man-Machine Poker Championship 2007 took place in Vancouver, BC, Canada on July 23 - 24, 2007.
The University of Alberta challenged Phil Laak and his partner Ali Eslami to a heads up match against their newest "sick" bot Polaris. The humans ended up winning, but not without a super challenge by the U of A team and its bots. Poker Academy was proud to sponsor and power the event.
The Poker Group at the U of A has put together some highlight reels of the matches and made them available.
My favorite is Session 2 from Phil Laak, he is on the ball and really puts on a great show for the audience. There are a lot of great quotes and some pretty amazing calls by Phil Laak.
Watching the caliber of play that both these Pros were able to maintain, really put a sense of awe into the crowd.
The patience, strategy and brilliance displayed proved that not anyone can be this good. It takes a lot of practice and some great math skills.
Polaris is available for play for owners of Poker Academy, just sign into Poker Academy Online and check out the rooms. There are 8 different rooms with varying stakes and the 2 bots that played against Phil and Ali.
The other videos are available here with more sessions yet to be added.
Sam :: Oct.15.2007 :: Poker Academy Online, Poker Academy :: No Comments »
