Vals AI hackathon adds PokerBench track with $7,500 first-place prize
rhythmrg · x · 2026-11-11
Vals AI is adding a third hackathon track backed by @appliedcompute with a $7,500 cash prize for first place. Alongside Build Your Own Eval and Post-Train a Small Model, a limited number of teams will post-train a model to compete on PokerBench, Vals' 10-player no-limit Texas Hold'em table. Every team starts from the same reference setup and gets 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 take home cash prizes.
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