Poker is an excellent domain for artificial intelligence research.
It offers many new challenges since it is a game of imperfect information, where decisions must be made under conditions of uncertainty. Multiple competing agents must deal with probabilistic knowledge, risk management, deception, and opponent modeling, among other things. One of the products of our research is the implementation of a poker playing program named Poki. Don't miss their list of publications and articles, as well as the links to related sites and other researchers. Readings Online Generating and Solving Imperfect Information Games .