# Teaching AI Agent to Play Poker Strategically Through Preference Optimization

**Published:** October 21, 2026
**Author:** Phurinat Polasa, Thanapon Thanadunpremdet, Phatthanasak Kraiduang, Saksorn Ruangtanusak
**Source:** arXiv — cs.AI
**Language:** en-US
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arXiv:2610.27028v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: A poker agent can make a legal move and still make a strategically poor one. We ask whether compact AI agents can exhibit strategic behavior under hidden information and whether preference optimization can improve beyond static and…

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