feed from highcard blog 2008-10-01T22:25:41+01:00 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 highcard http://highcard.liquidpoker.net So what exactly does it mean when you see someone with a Star at the top of their little icon circle? I've seen a couple people with them. [img]http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/a4f8ab23432837a35a273fc6598fbaf0.jpg[/img] text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 highcard http://highcard.liquidpoker.net So it doesn't look like FTP makes much from the rake in the high stakes games anymore: [img]http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/f414e84a0dae83b54cdf9a52617827dc.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.liquidpoker.net/user_pictures/493379c837a804409c1b55f5a73954fe.jpg[/img] text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 highcard http://highcard.liquidpoker.net I was reading about the latest HU man versus machine. The elite HU limit players of Stox play against the UoA program Polaris. This is the 2nd year Polaris played against a human, losing the first time to Phil Laak but this time with updated software it takes on what I'd consider better opponents. Matt "Hoss_TBF" Hawrilenko IJay Palansky Mark Newhouse Rich McRoberts Victor Acosta Nick "Stoxtrader" Grudzien Kyle "cottonseed" Hendon The bot ends up winning the series. For more reading: http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~games/poker/man-machine/ http://www.stoxpoker.com/man_vs_machine.html http://twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue43/paradis_0708.php