The poker competition you linked to is really more academics-oriented, and last time I checked, was consistently won by the University of Alberta. For a more "

The poker competition you linked to is really more academics-oriented, and last time I checked, was consistently won by the University of Alberta. For a more "real-world" example -- AIs that were actually used in live online poker environments, competing against each other -- there was only one that I know of. It was hosted by the creator of the (apparently now defunct) WinHoldEm software, Ray E. Bornert II. It never ran again, only a small handful of the more experienced bot authors attended, and turnout was poor, with the highest max buy in at $100 ( http://robopoker.blogspot.com/2007/12/pokerbot-world-championship-cruise.html http://robopoker.blogspot.com/2007/12/pokerbot-world-champio...). It was called the 2007 Poker Bot World Championship (PBWC).