# Noam Brown says coding agents can build a poker bot in one hour

> Original title: Every winter, @MIT has run a 1-month class (6.9630) in which students make poker AIs and compete against each other for cash prizes. Codi...

- Source: Noam Brown
- Published: 2026-10-27T16:48:29.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/vyrj1v5oqq4ayfk0ayz2uojmg
- Original: https://x.com/polynoamial/status/2115123481767809499

## Summary

Noam Brown says MIT's one-month poker AI class, where students compete for cash prizes, has been compressed by coding agents to the point that a poker bot can now be built in an hour. He is posting from the OpenAI-linked account of a researcher, and the post contains no figures beyond the one-hour claim.

## Post

Every winter, @MIT has run a 1-month class (6.9630) in which students make poker AIs and compete against each other for cash prizes. Coding agents have accelerated that process so much that it's now possible to build a poker bot in an *hour*.

## Quoted post @sequoia

> Announcing No Limit: a bot building tournament hosted by @Sequoia, @citsecurities and @OpenAI.
> 
> Teams of 1 or 2 get 60 minutes to build a pokerbot from scratch.
> 
> Agents play thousands of games across six scored rounds.
> 
> Open to university students and recent grads (‘25 or ‘26).
> 
> Regionals in Boston, Pittsburgh and the Bay Area in early November. Top five teams from each fly to the Finals. $100K grand prize.

https://x.com/sequoia/status/2115111389501218868