In the January 2017 “Brains vs. Artificial Intelligence” competition at Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon’s Libratus played 120,000 hands of heads-up no-limit Texas Hold’em against four leading professionals. According to CMU, Libratus finished ahead by a collective 1,766,250 dollars in chips, a margin the researchers said was statistically significant and not a matter of luck.
Libratus beat poker pros by 1.7 million in chips
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Last verified June 6, 2026