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Poker Bot Knows When to Hold 'Em, Knows When to Fold 'Em

Looks like the day when we all hang out with robots that smoke cigars, throw back drinks and win all our money in poker is edging closer, now that programmers at the University of Alberta have created a Hold 'Em-playing software that can beat poker professionals. The Polaris software was pitted against Poker pros like Nick Grudzien and Ijay Palansky in six games of limit Texas Hold 'Em—it tied on one, lost two and won three. More »

7:00 PM on Sat Jul 12 2008
By Elaine Chow
7,138 views, 21 comments

Latest by n/a: My name is Mike Johanson; I'm one of the 15 people that programmed and developed Polaris. I thought I'd drop in and clear up some of the questions or complaints you guys have. BTW, you can play against Polaris on more »

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Futurama Bender's Big Score DVD Trailer

Here's a longer version of the Comic-Con Futurama teaser. The new DVD is coming Nov 27th and we're just thrilled at the opportunity to be disparaged by robots again.

"What's the secret of time travel doing on Fry's ass?"
"It was bound to be somewhere." [via digg]

11:51 AM on Mon Oct 8 2007
By Mark Wilson
33,935 views, 24 comments