Sequoia's No Limit pokerbot showdown: 240 students, 300M+ hands, river bluffs extinct
sandylikesfrogs · x · 2026-11-10
Sequoia's first No Limit tournament regional drew 150 teams (240+ students, 20+ universities) building pokerbots for a three-hole-card Hold 'em variant, playing 300M+ hands across six rounds. Lessons learned: bots believe what they see — exposing a card that pairs the board makes opponents fold 72% of the time; nobody bluffs on the river; all-in bots no longer win. Five winners head to the Finals in San Francisco on 11/15, with partners OpenAI and Citi Securities.
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