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Training a reinforcement-learning agent to play Baloot (and shipping it to Android)

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Baloot is a 32-card trick-taking game played in Saudi Arabia by four players in two teams: two contracts (Sun and Hokm), two bidding rounds, declarable melds called projects, doubling up to four times, and a scoring system (qaid) with rounding rules that catch even experienced players out. Building…

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  1. 2026-09-11 02:04 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
    Training a reinforcement-learning agent to play Baloot (and shipping it to Android)

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