This version of two-player poker with unrestricted bet sizes has 10 160 possible plays at different stages of the game-more than the number of atoms in the entire universe. The success of any poker-playing computer algorithm in heads-up, no-limit Texas Hold’em is no small feat.
But instead of relying on a supercomputer’s hardware, the DeepStack AI has shown how it too can decisively defeat human poker pros while running on a GPU chip equivalent to those found in gaming laptops. A fresh Texas Hold’em-playing AI terror has emerged barely a month after a supercomputer-powered bot claimed victory over four professional poker players.
