Libratus ditches poker to join the army in a $10m two-year Pentagon deal - CalvinAyre.com

The world's most gifted poker player, Libratus, is ditching the deck to join the US Army, after its daddy, Tuomas Sandholm, signed a two-year deal with the Pentagon worth $10m. You sit at a table with other human beings with the sole purpose of taking everything that they have in front of them, in their pockets, and the pockets of their nearby friends. So focused are you on sliding your gun into their mouths you will even loan them money, and then do everything in your power to take that too. Poker is war, and one of its brightest proponents is joining the army. Last year, I asked Dominik Nitsche for his views on the best poker player in the world.