Decision models folded pocket aces and lost to a 30-line equity script. Cheap reasoning LLMs played as well as Opus and Sol for under a dollar per thousand hands. Every hand was played twice, with the seats swapped.
I Made 17 AIs Play 7,700 Hands of Poker — Chrystian Schutz CS Blog Work Experience CV I Made 17 AIs Play 7,700 Hands of Poker Cheap reasoning LLMs matched GPT-6.1 Sol and Claude Opus 5.5 at a thirtieth of the price, a 30-line script beat every "decision" model, and a Polish local model played like a maniac Decision models folded pocket aces and lost to a 30-line equity script. Cheap reasoning LLMs played as well as Opus and Sol for under a dollar per thousand hands. Every hand was played twice, with the seats swapped. By Chrystian Schutz October 5, 2026 14 min read I built this bench
Decision models folded pocket aces and lost to a 30-line equity script. Cheap reasoning LLMs played as well as Opus and Sol for under a dollar per thousand hands. Every hand was played twice, with the seats swapped.
I Made 17 AIs Play 7,700 Hands of Poker — Chrystian Schutz CS Blog Work Experience CV I Made 17 AIs Play 7,700 Hands of Poker Cheap reasoning LLMs matched GPT-6.1 Sol and Claude Opus 5.5 at a thirtieth of the price, a 30-line script beat every "decision" model, and a Polish local model played like a maniac Decision models folded pocket aces and lost to a 30-line equity script. Cheap reasoning LLMs played as well as Opus and Sol for under a dollar per thousand hands. Every hand was played twice, with the seats swapped. By Chrystian Schutz October 5, 2026 14 min read I built this bench
