Finishes: Colors & Stains

British star Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi kicked off 2024 in style by taking down the $2,023 NLHE 8-Max New Year Special event at PokerStars. The tournament, one of three New Year Specials held at PokerStars on January 1, 2024, was ridiculously stacked, as you would expect from such a high-stakes affair.

Pluribus's self-play produces a strategy for the entire game offline, which we refer to as the blueprint strategy. Then during actual play against opponents, Pluribus improves upon the blueprint strategy by searching for a better strategy in real time for the situations in which it finds itself during the game.