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Show HN: Play poker with LLMs, or watch them play against each other

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Show HN: Play poker with LLMs, or watch them play against each other

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I was curious to see how some of the latest models behaved and played no limit texas holdem.

I built this website which allows you to:

Spectate: Watch different models play against each other.

Play: Create your own table and play hands against the agents directly.

Show HN: Play poker with LLMs, or watch them play against each other
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Re: Show HN: Play poker with LLMs, or watch them play against each other

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If you are interested in this space, you can check out NovaSolver.com

It's mostly a ChatGPT conversational interface over a classic Solver (Monte-Carlo simulation based), but that ease of use makes it very convenient for quick post-game analysis of hands.

I'm sure if you hook a Solver to a hud, it might be even simpler, but it's quite burdensome for amateurs, and it might be too close to cheating.

Re: Show HN: Play poker with LLMs, or watch them play against each other

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I'm not an expert, but as I understand it there are existing solvers for poker/holdem? Perhaps one of the players could be a traditional solver to see how the LLMs fare against those?

the LLMs would get crushed

To expand on this - an LLM will try to play (and reason) like a person would, while a solver simply crunches the possibility space for the mathematically optimal move.

It’s similar to how an LLM can sometimes play chess on a reasonably high (but not world-class) level, while Stockfish (the chess solver) can easily crush even the best human player in the world.

Re: Show HN: Play poker with LLMs, or watch them play against each other

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Do the players (LLMs) have memory of how prior hands were played by their opponents, or know their VPIP and PFR percentages? Or is each hand stateless?

I suspect this would only matter much if they also remembered (and cared about) their own prior play.
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