The man responsible for changing the way we watch poker on TV, Henry Orenstein, passed away at age 98…
Orenstein, a Holocaust survivor from Poland, is credited with inventing the hole card cam, arguably the top game-changer in poker.
The hole card camera, which exposes each player’s cards to a television audience, was invented and patented by Orenstein in 1995. He didn’t introduce the revolutionary product to the public until 1999 when the U.K.’s Channel 4 Late Night Poker show was first to use the hole cam.
Poker has never been the same and has grown significantly in popularity since that creative invention. Nowadays, virtually every poker event on TV or livestream utilizes the hole cam.
