Talk:WSOPR
From PokerAI
"The first invitation-only World Poker Robot Championship was held in 2005 to coincide with the World Series of Poker Championship at Binion's. PokerProbot, written by Hilton Givens, a car salesman from Indiana, won the $100,000 first prize. Poker pro Phil (“the Unabomber”) Laak took three hours to defeat PokerProbot in the ensuing exhibition match, however, with the crowds cheering, “Hu-mans! Hu-mans!” As had happened in the game of chess, it might be only a matter of time before man was eclipsed again by machines." [1]
WinHoldEm forum commentary [2]
A comparison, not necessarily impartial, between the PBWC and the WSOPR: [3]
(Partial?) Article content on blog (article possibly no longer hosted by original news source): [4]
"Last week's World Poker Robot Championship was won by Hilton Givens' PokerProbot program, which emerged as the victor after an intensive three-day tournament of limit hold 'em. The challenge for writing poker-playing programs lies in the fact that the state of the game is undetermined for players, who cannot see their opponents' cards. Neither PokerProbot nor Catfish, the program that placed second, could be called pros: For instance, both bots were sometimes unwilling to wager strong holdings in the final rounds of a hand. Nevertheless, University of Alberta professor Jonathan Schaeffer believes a formidable poker-playing bot is an inevitability, in the face of advancing computer power and playing algorithms. Online poker players generally looked upon the World Poker Robot Championship with scorn, arguing that the event was nothing more than a cheating contest. Steve Baker with GoldenPalace.com, the competition's sponsor, counters that the use of poker bots, even without promotion, is unavoidable, and says the contest could actually spur online poker sites to come up with effective measures to prevent cheating. Software that aids or makes decisions for a player is prohibited by most poker Web sites, but enforcing such rules is tough." [5]
mediocre article about event: [6]
much better article about event and botting in general: [7]. Are there any additional articles that could come out of this article? Where is it best referenced?
