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The best no-limit hold-em players in the world are also presumably quite good at limit hold-em, limit omaha, 7 card stud, etc., not to mention other card games like bridge. Serious question: When these programs are built to beat humans in one very particular task, are they any better at beating humans at similar tasks?

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Different games have different difficulties for computers. For average human player just counting the odds may be hard.

Just different Texas-hold'em variations have different challenges for computers.

Texas-hold em is very simple if you just play the cards and calculate odds. Limit hold-em is much easier for computer than no-limit hold em. Head's up no-limit hold-em is much simpler than multi-way.

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