Question: Who Invented the "Hole Cam" for Poker?
Answer: Harry Orenstein patented the idea of the "hole cam," a camera that would show poker player's hole cards to TV viewers, in 1997.
The hole cam was firtst used by the Travel Channel in 2002 for the [link rl=http://poker.about.com/od/tournaments/p/worldpokertour.htm]World Poker Tour, and it sheparded in all the TV poker shows that followed.
Trivia Extra
Orenstein also is the inventor of The Transformers, the popular children's toy.
The hole cam was firtst used by the Travel Channel in 2002 for the [link rl=http://poker.about.com/od/tournaments/p/worldpokertour.htm]World Poker Tour, and it sheparded in all the TV poker shows that followed.
Trivia Extra
Orenstein also is the inventor of The Transformers, the popular children's toy.