Sequoia, Citadel and OpenAI launch a poker bot coding tournament with a $100K grand prize
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-10-29
Sequoia, Citadel Securities and OpenAI are co-hosting a No-Limit poker bot coding tournament. Teams of 1-2 must build a poker agent from scratch in 60 minutes; agents then play thousands of hands across 6 scored rounds. Open to current students and 2025/2026 graduates, with regional rounds in Boston, Pittsburgh and the Bay Area in early November; the top 5 per region advance to finals and the champion takes home $100,000.
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