AI goes head-to-head with star poker players in No-Limit Texas Hold' em

Artificial intelligence has already become a part of our everyday lives through AI-assisted services like Siri. But Al has its own hobbies too, including the mind-whirling game of poker. Scholars at Carnegie Mellon University have developed an AI system named Libratus that will wage a poker battle (with a $200,000 pot) against four of the best human pros out there. In a tournament called "Brains Vs. Artificial Intelligence: Upping the Ante," Libratus and the humans will play matches of Heads-Up No-Limit Texas Hold'em beginning on Jan. 11 at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the university announced in a press release. A total of 120,000 hands will be played during the 20-day tournament.