Poker Popularity on TV Networks

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6 Apr 2006

Poker is one of the favorite pastimes of modern gambling, and with the featuring of poker games on TV, gambling fans and poker enthusiasts alike can watch their favorite professional gamblers from around the world each week battle it out, bluffing and wading their way through nail-biting games. Without modern technology, it is doubtful that poker could be featured on television networks such as GSN in the way that they currently are right now.

"Every week on Tuesday after the show, I get calls from my poker friends from all over the country telling me how much they enjoyed High Stakes Poker," said Henry Orenstein, Executive Producer of High Stakes Poker and the inventor of the in-table camera for poker shows. They tell me that they love the show because this is real poker with real money and you can learn a lot from it." As the only poker cash game on television, this series lets fans learn how the poker legends play when risking huge amounts of their own money," said Rich Cronin, who is the President and CEO of the aforementioned network GSN

GSN is the network that features the weekly poker games Orenstein's poker friends call him about. "High Stakes Poker has exceeded our expectations and we are looking forward to the second season for this exciting, one of a kind poker show." GSN, in several press releases, refers to itself as the Network for Games, and claims to be the only American network to offer "game-related programming and interactive game playing".