# Watch and Play Poker with LLMs

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Watch and Play Poker with LLMs and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People find it a cool, illuminating way to watch LLMs play poker, with a 3D replay view; critics say it does not teach poker well.

## Why people recommend it

- Cool idea to watch (2 comments): "Cool idea. I tried to create a room but it says limit reached for today." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46570776)) "This is very cool, one piece of feedback" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46571562))
- Illuminating view of LLM play (1 comments): "This is illuminating, but not a resource for learning poker." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46575582))
- Sharp 3D hand replay view (1 comments): "That 3D replay view is sick!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46543285))

## What people warn about

- Not useful for learning poker (1 comments): "This is illuminating, but not a resource for learning poker." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46575582))
- Daily room limit reached (1 comments): "Cool idea. I tried to create a room but it says limit reached for today." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46570776))
- Bug awarded a hand wrongly (1 comments): "I'm fairly sure there was a bug where I won a hand that I should not have." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46586177))

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- [Inscryption](https://hackerapproved.com/p/inscryption.md): 11 recommend
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- [Everdeck](https://hackerapproved.com/p/everdeck-a-universal-card-system.md): 9 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Watch and Play Poker with LLMs", https://hackerapproved.com/p/watch-and-play-poker-with-llms/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).