Re: chess or poker
Perfect poker, as in perfect according to game theory, is probably quite a bit less difficult than perfect chess. At least for LHE, but probably also for NLHE given some reasonable assumptions. Iīm sure it will be possible for computers to play perfect game theory poker at some point, and thus be unbeatable. (if put enough effort into anyway.)
But that the computer is unbetable does not mean that it plays perfectly. I canīt imagine a computer will ever be better than a top human player at what poker is really about; exploiting oponentīs flaws.
This is where poker gets complex. There are infinite amounts of information to be gathered, and several ways to tweak your game to get maximum EV out of every piece of information you get. Perfect poker against a variety of differently flawed humans is virtually impossible, and thus more difficult than chess.
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