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Pluribus (poker bot)

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54:. In AI, two-player zero-sum games (such as heads-up hold'em) are usually won by approximating a Nash equilibrium strategy; however, this approach does not work for games with three or more players. Pluribus instead uses an approach which lacks strong theoretical guarantees, but nevertheless appears to work well empirically at defeating human players. Across the competitions, Pluribus won an average of over 30 milli big blinds per game. Pluribus' self-learned play style avoids "limping" (calling the big blind), and engages in "donk betting" (ending a round with a call and starting the next round by betting) more often than human experts do. 49:
According to the Pluribus creators, "Developing a superhuman AI for multiplayer poker was the widely recognized main remaining milestone" in computer poker prior to Pluribus. Pluribus relies on offline self-play to build a base strategy, but then continues to learn in real-time during its online
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stated "Pluribus is a very hard opponent to play against. It's really hard to pin him down on any kind of hand." Jimmy Chou stated "Whenever playing the bot, I feel like I pick up something new to incorporate into my game." In
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Playing No-Limit Hold'em against five professional poker players, Pluribus won an average of $ 5 per hand with winnings of $ 1,000 per hour, which Facebook described as a "decisive margin of victory."
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play. The base strategy was computed in eight days, and at market rates would cost about $ 144 to produce, much smaller than contemporary superhuman game-playing milestones such as
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Following the victory, the developers declined to release the source code, out of fear it would be misused to surreptitiously cheat against human poker players in online matches.
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and is "the first bot to beat humans in a complex multiplayer competition". The developers of the bot published their results in 2019.
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Among expert poker players, Jason Les stated he felt "very hopeless. You don't feel like there’s anything you can do to win."
35: 279: 64: 27: 68:, science editor Daniela Hernandez characterized Pluribus as "advanced at a key human skill — deception". 23: 234: 133: 325:"Facebook's new poker-playing AI could wreck the online poker industry—so it's not being released" 260: 252: 151: 43: 242: 141: 238: 137: 58: 342: 264: 306:"Facebook AI Pluribus defeats top poker professionals in 6-player Texas Hold 'em" 280:"Facebook, Carnegie Mellon build first AI that beats pros in 6-player poker" 247: 222: 146: 121: 51: 256: 155: 31: 93:"This Poker-Playing A.I. Knows When to Hold 'Em and When to Fold 'Em" 39: 197:"Computers Can Now Bluff Like a Poker Champ. Better, Actually" 171:"Facebook and CMU's 'superhuman' poker AI beats human pros" 120:Brown, Noam; Sandholm, Tuomas (11 July 2019). 8: 246: 145: 115: 113: 83: 221:Brown, Noam; Sandholm, Tuomas (2019). 223:"Superhuman AI for multiplayer poker" 122:"Superhuman AI for multiplayer poker" 7: 304:Ouellette, Jennifer (11 July 2019). 195:Hernandez, Daniela (11 July 2019). 14: 169:Vincent, James (11 July 2019). 91:Solly, Meilan (15 July 2019). 1: 323:Knight, Will (11 July 2019). 278:Brown, Noam (11 July 2019). 365: 36:Carnegie Mellon University 248:10.1126/science.aay2400 147:10.1126/science.aay2400 65:The Wall Street Journal 28:artificial intelligence 349:Computer poker players 329:MIT Technology Review 38:. Pluribus plays the 24:computer poker player 16:Computer poker player 239:2019Sci...365..885B 201:Wall Street Journal 138:2019Sci...365..885B 42:variation no-limit 233:(6456): 885–890. 132:(6456): 885–890. 356: 333: 332: 320: 314: 313: 301: 295: 294: 292: 290: 275: 269: 268: 250: 218: 212: 211: 209: 207: 192: 186: 185: 183: 181: 166: 160: 159: 149: 117: 108: 107: 105: 103: 88: 364: 363: 359: 358: 357: 355: 354: 353: 339: 338: 337: 336: 322: 321: 317: 303: 302: 298: 288: 286: 284:ai.facebook.com 277: 276: 272: 220: 219: 215: 205: 203: 194: 193: 189: 179: 177: 168: 167: 163: 119: 118: 111: 101: 99: 90: 89: 85: 80: 17: 12: 11: 5: 362: 360: 352: 351: 341: 340: 335: 334: 315: 296: 270: 213: 187: 161: 109: 82: 81: 79: 76: 59:Chris Ferguson 44:Texas hold 'em 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 361: 350: 347: 346: 344: 330: 326: 319: 316: 311: 307: 300: 297: 285: 281: 274: 271: 266: 262: 258: 254: 249: 244: 240: 236: 232: 228: 224: 217: 214: 202: 198: 191: 188: 176: 172: 165: 162: 157: 153: 148: 143: 139: 135: 131: 127: 123: 116: 114: 110: 98: 94: 87: 84: 77: 75: 72: 69: 67: 66: 60: 55: 53: 47: 45: 41: 37: 33: 29: 25: 21: 328: 318: 310:Ars Technica 309: 299: 287:. Retrieved 283: 273: 230: 226: 216: 204:. Retrieved 200: 190: 178:. Retrieved 174: 164: 129: 125: 100:. Retrieved 96: 86: 73: 70: 63: 56: 48: 19: 18: 289:23 February 102:23 February 97:Smithsonian 34:AI Lab and 206:4 February 180:4 February 78:References 32:Facebook's 265:195892791 175:The Verge 52:AlphaZero 30:built by 343:Category 257:31296650 156:31296650 20:Pluribus 235:Bibcode 227:Science 134:Bibcode 126:Science 263:  255:  154:  26:using 261:S2CID 40:poker 22:is a 291:2023 253:PMID 208:2021 182:2021 152:PMID 104:2023 243:doi 231:365 142:doi 130:365 345:: 327:. 308:. 282:. 259:. 251:. 241:. 229:. 225:. 199:. 173:. 150:. 140:. 128:. 124:. 112:^ 95:. 331:. 312:. 293:. 267:. 245:: 237:: 210:. 184:. 158:. 144:: 136:: 106:.

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computer poker player
artificial intelligence
Facebook's
Carnegie Mellon University
poker
Texas hold 'em
AlphaZero
Chris Ferguson
The Wall Street Journal
"This Poker-Playing A.I. Knows When to Hold 'Em and When to Fold 'Em"


"Superhuman AI for multiplayer poker"
Bibcode
2019Sci...365..885B
doi
10.1126/science.aay2400
PMID
31296650
"Facebook and CMU's 'superhuman' poker AI beats human pros"
"Computers Can Now Bluff Like a Poker Champ. Better, Actually"
"Superhuman AI for multiplayer poker"
Bibcode
2019Sci...365..885B
doi
10.1126/science.aay2400
PMID
31296650
S2CID
195892791

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