Nikolai Yakovenko

Nikolai Yakovenko

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Nikolai Yakovenko, also known as "Googles," is originally from Moscow, Russia and is now a poker player and software developer who resides in Brooklyn, New York. After several years at Google New York working on ranking algorithms, he's been developing independent software projects ever since, while making both World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour final tables. Yakovenko also helped create the ABC Open-Face Chinese Poker iPhone app.

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Articles Game Theory Optimal Solutions and Poker: A Few Thoughts on GTO Poker

Professional poker player and software developer Nikolai Yakovenko explores "game theory optimal" solutions and their applications to poker strategy.

12 min read May 08, 2020

Poker and AI: Reporting from 2016 Annual Computer Poker Competition, Part 1

Articles Poker and AI: Reporting from the 2016 Annual Computer Poker Competition 17 min read Mar 09, 2016

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Poker Tournaments Hand Analysis: Fedor Holz Seizes the Initiative Against Steve O’Dwyer 8 min read Jan 11, 2016

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Texas Hold'em Poker 6-Max “Texas Hold’em Fold Up”: Poker Game or Slot Machine? 15 min read Nov 24, 2015

Artificial Intelligence and Hold’em, Part 3: No-Limit Hold’em, The Next Frontier

Articles Artificial Intelligence and Hold’em, Part 3: No-Limit Hold’em, The Next Frontier 11 min read Oct 30, 2015

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Articles Game Theory Optimal Solutions and Poker: A Few Thoughts on GTO Poker May 8, 2020 Articles Poker and AI: Reporting from the 2016 Annual Computer Poker Competition Mar 9, 2016 Poker Tournaments Hand Analysis: Fedor Holz Seizes the Initiative Against Steve O’Dwyer Jan 11, 2016 Texas Hold'em Poker 6-Max “Texas Hold’em Fold Up”: Poker Game or Slot Machine? Nov 24, 2015 Articles Artificial Intelligence and Hold’em, Part 3: No-Limit Hold’em, The Next Frontier Oct 30, 2015 Articles Artificial Intelligence and Hold’em, Part 2: Clustering & “Solving” Heads-Up Hold’em Oct 27, 2015 Articles Artificial Intelligence and Hold’em, Part 1: Counter-Factual Regret Minimization Oct 23, 2015 Mixed Games Teaching an Artificial Intelligence System to Play 2-7 Triple Draw Aug 19, 2015 Chinese Poker VIDEO: How to Set Your First Five Cards in Open-Face Chinese Poker May 7, 2015 Chinese Poker 2-7 Open-Face Chinese Poker Strategy Talk with Nikolai Yakovenko Dec 5, 2014 Chinese Poker How to Play Open-Face Chinese Poker with 2-7 in the Middle, or “Deuce Pineapple” Dec 3, 2014 Chinese Poker Nikolai Yakovenko on the State of Open-Face Chinese Poker, Part II Nov 20, 2014