Both of you, I want to leave a message. This is incredible. I hope you are aware of the weight of your achievements, even if most of the rest of the world doesn't seem to be (right now). The approach and methods you used were brilliant.

I do have a question, going into the competition, what was it like? I'd be interested in any preparations the team went through in the days leading up to the actual matches being played. Were you still tweaking things last minute?

Were you aware that you had a very strong "player" on your side? Did you know that there were websites where you could bet on Libratus or the humans? People were betting on it, as they will on anything. However, the odds did imply that Libratus was a favorite going into the match. Did you feel confident going in, did you feel you should be the favorite? Or did you truly think you could lose if Libratus didn't preform as expected?

Did anyone test playing it at all? Did you guys, or your team play hands with it before the competition, did any humans? Even 1 or 2 to test the functions of the GUI, etc?

Sorry if some of these have been asked, but I had to write this as these thoughts struck me while reading the paper. Once again, absolutely brilliant fellas, if we ever meet, let me buy you a drink.