{"id":31670,"date":"2022-06-08T17:30:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T22:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/?p=31670"},"modified":"2022-06-08T09:16:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T14:16:49","slug":"wsop-without-hole-card-cam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wsop-without-hole-card-cam\/","title":{"rendered":"Would WSOP Still Be Popular If You Couldn\u2019t See Players\u2019 Hole Cards?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Poker owes a great deal of its popularity to TV\nexposure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although the game has been on our screens for a long time, it wasn’t until 1999 \u2013 the year the hole card cam<\/a> was invented \u2013 that things started to really take off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Of course, no single entity has reaped more benefits from the introduction of the hole card cam than the World Series of Poker<\/a>, whose ratings skyrocketed in the years that followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, the question is: Why is it so important for people to see hole cards? And, more importantly, would they still be interested in WSOP if they couldn’t?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why was it that poker grew in popularity so much once the hole card camera was introduced to the televised WSOP competition? <\/p>\n\n\n\n It was still the same game, the same players, and the same action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The only difference was that viewers no longer\nhad to wait for the showdown to see players\u2019 hands. In the hands that didn\u2019t go\nto a showdown, they had the advantage of knowing what players had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the surface, it doesn\u2019t look all that important. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But, knowing players\u2019 holdings offers a much better experience as it allows viewers to get involved in the action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n With the full information at their disposal, they\nknow if a player is bluffing or has a monster, which makes it much more\nexciting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It provides them the opportunity to root for\nthe result they want to see. If their favorite player is facing a huge bluff,\nthey can shout at the TV for them to make the call. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If the same player is holding the nuts<\/a> and has moved all-in, the audience at home can root for their opponent to call and stack off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to the hole-card camera, people at home\nget to “play” perfect poker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Having all the information readily available,\nthey know exactly what to do, and they get mad about players doing the wrong\nthing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And if you have no idea what they\u2019re staring\nat, it\u2019s really hard to give advice on what they\u2019re supposed to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s why the hole card cam was a game-changer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You really don\u2019t need to know much about poker to know someone should fold their Pocket Jacks<\/a> before the flop when you know the other guy has Pocket Aces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So, having that information, viewers get much\nmore immersed and involved with the game, as they can easily offer \u201cexpert\u201d\nadvice even to the best of the best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How could Ivey make that silly call when it was\nso obvious the guy had the nuts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was far from obvious, of course, but it kind\nof seems obvious when you can see the hole cards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s an interesting phenomenon, but it works\nwonders for ratings, and professional players aren\u2019t overly concerned about\nwhat random viewers think of their play.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Allure Of Seeing\nPlayers\u2019 Hole Cards<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
TV Poker Without\nSeeing Hole Cards \u2013 Does It Work?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n