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:
- DRAW OUT - To catch a card that improves your situation from a losing hand to a winning hand, especially when you beat someone holding a hand that usually figures to win.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- FOUR OF A KIND - A hand containing all four cards of the same rank.
- FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
- SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
- KICKER TROUBLE - Not having as high a kicker as an opponent.
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