> The academic SOTA is to just stick a tabular algorithm on top of some deep net, which is hardly elegant. All these algorithms are just hacks and I wouldn't use them for real money play.

They absolutely crush the best players in the game, and beat less than the best by absurd amounts.

While there are is a huge action space, it turns out that very few bet sizes are needed on early streets (4 is generally adequate), and the final street can be solved on the go.