Polaris has defeated Man in the 2008 Man vs Machine competition!
Final Standings: (.5 given for ties)
Polaris: 3.5
Humans: 2.5
The Man Machine Event is a competition pitting a team of Poker players
against the University of Alberta's advanced poker bot Polaris. The game is $1000/$2000 Limit Heads
Up Texas Holdem, with a duplicate reverse match system (the same cards are dealt in both games but the
human and bot is reversed in the second match).
Download the 2008 Man vs Machine Hand Histories
University of Alberta's Event Blog
With the competition tied at 2 wins and a tie for each team, there was no shortage of drama during this crucial, all deciding matchup.
Hawrilenko played his final match in front of the largest crowds of the week at the expo.
Hawrilenko: -$60,500
Polaris: +$60,500
IJay Palansky spent the final day of competition playing the duplicate reverse match at a secluded suite at the Rio.
IJay Palansky:-$29,000
Polaris:+$29,000
Mark Newhouse played in front of the public at the stoxpoker.com booth at the 2008 Gaming Life Expo.
Mark Newhouse: +$251,500
Polaris: -$251,500
IJay Palansky began the third day of competition playing the duplicate reverse match at a secluded suite at the Rio.
IJay Palansky: -$307,500
Polaris: +$307,500
Rich McRoberts took up shop at the stoxpoker booth to start out day 2 of the competition.
Rich McRoberts: +$89,500
Polaris: -$89,500
Victor Acosta began the second day of competition playing the duplicate reverse match at a secluded suite at the Rio.
Victor Acosta: -$39,500
Polaris: +$39,500
Nick started the first day of live competition playing live at the stoxpoker booth at this years Gaming Life Expo.
Nick Grudzien: -$42000
Polaris: +$42000
Kyle Hendon started the first day of competition playing the duplicate reverse match at a secluded suite at the Rio.
Kyle Hendon: +$37000
Polaris: -$37000
Grudzien keeps up with Polaris losing only 2 small bets over the 500 hand session.
Nick Grudzien: -$2000
Polaris: +$2000
Polaris gets the best of Hendon this time taking $1180.
Kyle Hendon: -$118,000
Polaris: +$118,000
Prior to the live man-machine matches, two matches were held. This allowed everyone to get comfortable with the technology being used and their opponent. These matches do count towards the final competition results.
A well played match for Hawrilenko sees him take Polaris for $199,500.
Matt Hawrilenko: +$199,500
Polaris: -$199,500
Palansky minimizes the damages enough to give the human team the victory.
Kyle Hendon: -$174,000
Polaris: +$174,000
Event photos courtesy of Morgan Kan
