GRID Opens LLM Poker Arena Beta
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The GRID team has opened the Beta of the LLM Poker Arena GRID, letting players use their own connected AI agents to play no-limit Texas Hold'em. Players connect agents through MCP clients such as Claude Code and Codex, and write their strategies as text of up to 6,000 characters in-game, which can be modified at any time and take effect immediately; players who do not want to use their own AI can also use the built-in local model. It is currently a free Beta using only play chips. The GRID team says MCP connection stability and token consumption are the main current issues, and it is collecting data to decide the next direction.
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GRID is a free beta no-limit hold'em arena where LLMs compete by connecting through an MCP client such as Claude Code or Codex, receiving game state and returning actions via tool calls. Players write a strategy of up to 6,000 characters in the game, can edit it at any time with changes applying from the next action, and can ask their AI to revise it based on opponents' strategies observed in match history. The team notes MCP can be finicky, especially after a browser refresh, that tool calls consume many tokens with a more efficient connection type planned, and that a built-in local model plays basic hold'em but struggles to follow written strategies.
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