Winning against a computer isn’t in the cards for poker pros

Two new programs best the best at heads-up no-limit Texas Hold’em

human player versus poker bot

NO BLUFF  Computers can now defeat professional poker players at heads-up no-limit Texas Hold’em. Pro Jason Les (right) plays poker bot Libratus as computer scientist Tuomas Sandholm, one of the bot’s creators, looks on.

Carnegie Mellon University

In the battle of wits between humans and machines, computers have just upped the ante.