While Cepheus does not play perfectly, it is so close to perfect that even after playing an entire lifetime of poker against it - over 60 million hands - it is impossible to tell the difference.
A perfect solution to the game is a strategy that is guaranteed to not lose money in the long run. This is the game that was popularized by a series of high-stake matches chronicled in the book, The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King, by Michael Craig in 2005. Cepheus ( SEE-fee-us) is the first computer program to play an essentially perfect game of poker.Ĭepheus plays heads-up limit Texas hold'em poker.
