Laak-Eslami Team Defeats Polaris in Man-Machine Poker Championship
Poker professionals Phil Laak and Ali Eslami have defeated a poker-playing computer program dubbed Polaris in the ‘First Man-Machine Poker Championship.’ The two-day, four-session match took place at the annual meeting of the Association…
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Poker lexicon:
- ACTION - Money that is being bet. "NO ACTION" means a hand or game has few bettors and fewer raisers. "Gimme some action" is ostensibly a plea for calls and raises.
- RING GAME - A standard game where players can come and go as they choose. The opposite of TOURNAMENT.
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
- ALL-IN - To have all of one's chips in the pot. A player who is all-in cannot be forced out of the pot by more betting, but is only eligible to win that portion of the pot he has contributed to. Generally, a SIDE POT is created each time a player is all-in.
- S&M - Sklansky & Malmuth. Generally refers to the ideas and algorithms published by these two authors. When used in a 7-card stud context, often refers to "7 Card Stud For Advanced Players", and when used in a Hold'em context, often refers to "Texas Hold'em For Advanced Players".
- COLD CALL - Calling both a bet and raise at the same time, as opposed to calling a bet then later calling a raise made after the call.
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