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(PRWEB) June 29, 2004 -- While television is cluttered with unreal reality shows, this competition is genuine, cerebral and full of high drama.

Its tournament poker, and the tense exchanges of hundreds of thousands of dollars are the hottest ticket in American television.

Behind baseball caps and sunglasses, these modern-day gunslingers read weaknesses, watch for any frailties and pull the trigger when they feel its right.

Texas HoldEm Poker tournaments date back to 1949, but they werent televised until the early 1990s. Early versions of televised poker drew little attention.

Then the Discovery Channel asked filmmaker Stephen Lipscomb to do a one-hour documentary on the game.

Lipscomb was fascinated by the drama of high-stakes poker and soon started the World Poker Tour" and created a sensation on, of all things, The Travel Channel.

He brought his presentation skills to the table, installing lipstick" cameras at each players seat so the viewing audience could see the hole cards," or the cards dealt face-down that only that particular player can see.

That changed the whole experience, said professional player Annie Duke.

Without seeing the hole card, its just a bunch of stone-faced people sitting around a table. But with the lipstick camera, it becomes very exciting and fun to watch."

Texas HoldEm Poker also is exciting, Lipscomb found, because its the perfect blend of luck and skill."

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