This contest pitted Phil "Unabomber" Laak (who is quite a poker math enthusiast himself) and Prince Ali Esmali against Polaris, an AI limit hold'em expert system developed by the University of Alberta Computer Poker Research Group. The final score was 2-1-1 for Man, not exactly a ringing knockout for Homo sapiens, but Phil Laak did very well and played his absolute best game to win here. The battle was actually described as grueling by both of the humans. Polaris, the "Machine" apparently had no comment on the match.