On: Is poker a game of chance or skill?

[mistermann]

Also, don't forget that when you're playing chess, you can see your opponents pieces on the board.

[tansey → mistermann]

Right, that would be what I meant by the poker-specific extensions. Most chess algorithms use minimax to search the game tree. The UoA team has extended the basic minimax algorithm to other variants like miximax which can handle partial information and stochastic outcomes.