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Jason Les

Professional poker player and backgammon champion

• Finished in fourth place at the 2003 World Series of Poker, earning $440,000.
• Secured his first WSOP bracelet in 2006 in the $5,000 Pot Limit Hold'em event.
• Has accumulated over $2.3 million in live tournament winnings as of 2022.

Jason Les, born in Montreal, is a renowned professional poker player with an impressive track record in both poker and backgammon. He has achieved significant success in major tournaments and has also appeared in the film Lucky You, playing a version of himself.

Milestones

• 2017
  The Deep Learning Revolution Research

  The Machine That Learned to Bluff

  An AI named Libratus defeated four of the world's best professional poker players, proving machines could master games of incomplete information and deception.

  2017

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