Poker Course Mit
- Poker Theory and Analytics is a graduate-level MIT course taught by Kevin Desmond, a former pro player and Morgan Stanley analyst. The school offers the course online, meaning video lectures.
- Your support will help MIT OpenCourseWare continue to offer high quality educational resources for free. To make a donation or to view additional materials from hundreds of MIT courses, visit MIT OpenCourseWare at ocw.mit.edu. KEVIN DESMOND: All right, everyone. So welcome to 15.S50, Poker Theory and Analytics. So this is going to be Monday.
The MIT course will focus on helping online poker players master the basics and also look at factors that most poker players don’t pay attention to. Some of these factors will include betting and raising patterns, seating arrangements and judging the future behavior of one’s opponents based on past behavioral patterns.
Blotto results are now available here.
Mit Open Course Poker
Why Poker?
As a game of incomplete information and uncertainty, poker is a prime application of the game theory concepts and decision making skills essential to trading. While traders make risk decisions based on the limited information they get from the markets, poker players make decisions based on hidden information as well, taking into account factors such as expected value and probability distributions.
I thought this was a programming competition? What language is it in?
It is! To build a working pokerbot only requires both critical thinking ability and an eagerness to learn. However, an understanding of machine learning, algorithms, and data science can go a long way towards creating an advanced pokerbot. Competitiors can code in whatever language they want, but we only offer support in C++, Python, and Java.
Machine learning? Algorithms? Exactly how much coding experience is necessary?
We welcome students with all levels of programming experience. Nevertheless, some previous coding experience would certainly be helpful. Although not necessary, we recommend you have at least one team member with some programming experience.
What form of poker will it be?
We are keeping the game and tournament structure secret. You will hear all about it during the challenge unveiling in early January 2021.
How many members can make up a team?
Teams may be composed of 1-4 players.
How do I receive course credit?
You will need to submit functioning pokerbots for various checkpoints throughout the course, as well as a short strategy report at the end of IAP.
Do I have to be an MIT student to participate?
For our course and tournament in January, you must be able to register for MIT IAP classes. If you are cross-registering, bring your papers in on the first day of class for us to sign.
How do I register?
IAP pre-registration will open in December!
How much time will it take to make a pokerbot?
Creating a functioning pokerbot takes no time at all. However, creating a competitive and strategic pokerbot will require more effort and experimentation. Ultimately, the more you put into your pokerbot, the more value you will receive from the class!
Blotto results are now available here.
Why Poker?
As a game of incomplete information and uncertainty, poker is a prime application of the game theory concepts and decision making skills essential to trading. While traders make risk decisions based on the limited information they get from the markets, poker players make decisions based on hidden information as well, taking into account factors such as expected value and probability distributions.
I thought this was a programming competition? What language is it in?
It is! To build a working pokerbot only requires both critical thinking ability and an eagerness to learn. However, an understanding of machine learning, algorithms, and data science can go a long way towards creating an advanced pokerbot. Competitiors can code in whatever language they want, but we only offer support in C++, Python, and Java.
Machine learning? Algorithms? Exactly how much coding experience is necessary?
We welcome students with all levels of programming experience. Nevertheless, some previous coding experience would certainly be helpful. Although not necessary, we recommend you have at least one team member with some programming experience.
What form of poker will it be?
We are keeping the game and tournament structure secret. You will hear all about it during the challenge unveiling in early January 2021.
How many members can make up a team?
Teams may be composed of 1-4 players.
How do I receive course credit?
You will need to submit functioning pokerbots for various checkpoints throughout the course, as well as a short strategy report at the end of IAP.
Do I have to be an MIT student to participate?
For our course and tournament in January, you must be able to register for MIT IAP classes. If you are cross-registering, bring your papers in on the first day of class for us to sign.
How do I register?
IAP pre-registration will open in December!
How much time will it take to make a pokerbot?
Poker Course Mitchell
Creating a functioning pokerbot takes no time at all. However, creating a competitive and strategic pokerbot will require more effort and experimentation. Ultimately, the more you put into your pokerbot, the more value you will receive from the class!