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From: urban@cobra.jpl.nasa.gov (Michael P Urban)
Subject: Re: Card Games
Message-ID: <1995Oct6.145720.25247@llyene.jpl.nasa.gov>
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Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 14:57:20 GMT
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In article <44v1ma$ifa@ux1.lmu.edu>, phong  <phong@server.keck.lmu.edu> wrote:
>Does anyone know of a good source to find information about AI in Card games
>like Five Card Draw?
>

David Parlett, who has written many articles and books about card
games (not computer stuff) makes the very good observation that games
like Poker are fundamentally different from card games like Bridge,
Hearts, Pinochle, or whatever, in which the game is about the skillful
manipulation and play of cards.  Poker, he asserts, is basically a
betting game, not a card game.  He by no means implies that this
diminishes Poker's value as a game.  But a consequence is that the
techniques and heuristics needed to create a successful Poker program
are going to be completely different from those needed for computer
implementations of these other games.


