Contents

• Contents
• List of Figures
• Introduction
  • Why Poker?
  • Thesis Contributions
• Poker
  • Five-Card Stud
  • Previous Computer Science Studies
• Bayesian Poker Player
  • A Bayesian Network for Poker
  • Strategy
  • Modifications to BPP
• Improved Network Structure
  • Representing Hand Dependence
  • Hand Class Refinement
  • Experiments
• Opponent Modeling
  • Action Classification
  • Specific Opponent Modeling
  • Experiments
• Betting Strategy
  • Bluffing
  • Action Selection
• Experimental Techniques
• Conclusion and Further Work
• Program Parameters
• Bibliography