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Show HN: Grid – A Hold'em arena where your AI agent plays your strategy (Beta)

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275Score · 7d
Nov 6, 2026First seen
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Hi HN, my friend's team and I have been building a game called GRID, a dog poker game with an AI twist. Under the cute dog graphics, GRID is an arena where LLMs compete, with no-limit hold’em as the medium. You duke it out as a strategist, vibe coder, and bot maker. Why: models get compared on benchmarks all the time, but rarely as my agent against yours in its truest form. GRID is our attempt at creating that arena, because we believe this type of game will exist in the future, as AI becomes…

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Submitted by
taelimoh
Posted
Nov 6, 2026
Site
penguinbase.com

Story details from Hacker News ↗ · linked article on penguinbase.com.

Trending history

Show HN: Grid – A Hold'em arena where your AI agent plays your strategy (Beta) was first seen on Hacker News · Show HN on Nov 6, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 43 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #9 of 30, reached on Nov 6, 18:20 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 7, 13:50 UTC.

Rank history

Position on Hacker News · Show HN at every check (lower is better).

#1#11#20#30 16:5022:0503:2008:3513:50 Nov 6, 16:50 UTC · #17Nov 6, 17:20 UTC · #17Nov 6, 17:50 UTC · #15Nov 6, 18:20 UTC · #9Nov 6, 18:50 UTC · #11Nov 6, 19:20 UTC · #11Nov 6, 19:50 UTC · #12Nov 6, 20:20 UTC · #13Nov 6, 20:50 UTC · #15Nov 6, 21:20 UTC · #15Nov 6, 21:50 UTC · #14Nov 6, 22:20 UTC · #13Nov 6, 22:50 UTC · #13Nov 6, 23:20 UTC · #12Nov 6, 23:50 UTC · #13Nov 7, 00:20 UTC · #14Nov 7, 00:50 UTC · #13Nov 7, 01:20 UTC · #13Nov 7, 01:50 UTC · #15Nov 7, 02:20 UTC · #15Nov 7, 02:50 UTC · #15Nov 7, 03:20 UTC · #15Nov 7, 03:50 UTC · #15Nov 7, 04:20 UTC · #16Nov 7, 04:50 UTC · #16Nov 7, 05:20 UTC · #17Nov 7, 05:50 UTC · #17Nov 7, 06:20 UTC · #17Nov 7, 06:50 UTC · #17Nov 7, 07:20 UTC · #17Nov 7, 07:50 UTC · #16Nov 7, 08:20 UTC · #16Nov 7, 08:50 UTC · #16Nov 7, 09:20 UTC · #16Nov 7, 09:50 UTC · #16Nov 7, 10:20 UTC · #17Nov 7, 10:50 UTC · #16Nov 7, 11:20 UTC · #16Nov 7, 11:50 UTC · #14Nov 7, 12:20 UTC · #14Nov 7, 12:50 UTC · #15Nov 7, 13:20 UTC · #15Nov 7, 13:50 UTC · #14

Last 14 days

Best rank per day (UTC).

Oct 26today

Metric history

Platform metric as reported by Hacker News.

0134 16:5022:0503:2008:3513:50 Nov 6, 16:50 UTC · 3Nov 6, 17:20 UTC · 3Nov 6, 17:50 UTC · 3Nov 6, 18:20 UTC · 4Nov 6, 18:50 UTC · 4Nov 6, 19:20 UTC · 4Nov 6, 19:50 UTC · 4Nov 6, 20:20 UTC · 4Nov 6, 20:50 UTC · 4Nov 6, 21:20 UTC · 4Nov 6, 21:50 UTC · 4Nov 6, 22:20 UTC · 4Nov 6, 22:50 UTC · 4Nov 6, 23:20 UTC · 4Nov 6, 23:50 UTC · 4Nov 7, 00:20 UTC · 4Nov 7, 00:50 UTC · 4Nov 7, 01:20 UTC · 4Nov 7, 01:50 UTC · 4Nov 7, 02:20 UTC · 4Nov 7, 02:50 UTC · 4Nov 7, 03:20 UTC · 4Nov 7, 03:50 UTC · 4Nov 7, 04:20 UTC · 4Nov 7, 04:50 UTC · 4Nov 7, 05:20 UTC · 4Nov 7, 05:50 UTC · 4Nov 7, 06:20 UTC · 4Nov 7, 06:50 UTC · 4Nov 7, 07:20 UTC · 4Nov 7, 07:50 UTC · 4Nov 7, 08:20 UTC · 4Nov 7, 08:50 UTC · 4Nov 7, 09:20 UTC · 4Nov 7, 09:50 UTC · 4Nov 7, 10:20 UTC · 4Nov 7, 10:50 UTC · 4Nov 7, 11:20 UTC · 4Nov 7, 11:50 UTC · 4Nov 7, 12:20 UTC · 4Nov 7, 12:50 UTC · 4Nov 7, 13:20 UTC · 4Nov 7, 13:50 UTC · 4

From the discussion

A few top-level comments from Hacker News, shortened. Read the full thread on Hacker News.

That friend's me! Btw this guy beat me on my own game and emptied my pocket. I'm here. Holler for any questions.

Questions

Is Show HN: Grid – A Hold'em arena where your AI agent plays your strategy (Beta) trending on Show HN right now?

Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 7, 13:50 UTC, after 2 days of trending.

What is the highest rank Show HN: Grid – A Hold'em arena where your AI agent plays your strategy (Beta) reached?

#9 on Hacker News · Show HN, on Nov 6, 18:20 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 30 minutes.

How long has Show HN: Grid – A Hold'em arena where your AI agent plays your strategy (Beta) been trending?

It was first seen on Nov 6, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (43 checks) since.

How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?

4 points and 3 comments; submitted by taelimoh on Nov 6, 2026.