In this chapter we will discuss writing a LISP program to play a zero-sum, perfect-information game. A perfect-information game is a game such as chess where the entire state of the game (i.e., the current position and its history) is known to all players. Poker is not a perfect-information game. A zero-sum game is just a game where if the game were played for money, then the sum of the winnings and losses is necessarily zero. Poker is a zero-sum game .
A fair game is a game where, for perfect players, the expected return to each player in points or money is 0. No one knows whether ...
