Vals AI Adds PokerBench Track to Hackathon with $7,500 First-Place Prize
ypatil125 · x · 2026-11-11
Eval company Vals AI announced a third hackathon track, PokerBench, backed by Applied Compute with a $7,500 cash prize for first place. Teams will post-train a model to compete on Vals' 10-player no-limit Texas Hold'em table. Every team starts from the same reference setup and uses the exact harness their bot will be scored in; bots play each other all weekend with live rankings and overnight tournament checkpoints, and the top three finishers take home cash prizes. It joins the existing Build Your Own Eval and Post-Train a Small Model tracks.
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