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Poker Tournament Tracks Heartrate

Filed in archive Poker on July 9, 2006

Poker Tournament Tracks Heartrate
Poker has become one of the most watchable 'sports' on television in the last few years - and no doubt this has a lot to do with the hole-card camera which allows the audience to see the 2 cards for each player.

However, what goes on behind the heavy sweaters and dark sunglasses?

Fox SportsNet's Poker Dome Challenge are adding another cute gimmick into their latest offering - monitoring the heartrate of each player. This way, the viewer can take get a better insight into how a poker player thinks and behaves behind their calm - or not so calm - exterior
In taping for week two of the series, which began Memorial Day weekend, amateur Andrew Rogers displayed the most uncanny composure.

The 34-year-old poker league manager from Montgomery, Minn., had a heart rate of 160 beats per minute while sipping water during breaks - no doubt thanks to the two pots of coffee and six Red Bulls he said he drank before taping, and a pack-a-day cigarette habit.

In one hand, Rogers looked down at an unsuited jack-two, while his opponent, World Series of Poker bracelet winner Perry Friedman, held an unsuited three-two.

Despite constant betting by Friedman, Rogers called every time, while his heart rate dropped to about 140. He won the hand after two kings, a queen, an eight and a six were turned over as community cards - allowing him to win with just a high card.

"I knew he was trying to buy it," Rogers said afterward. "I knew he was betting small."

He eventually won the six-player round for $25,000 US and the right to move on toward the series-ending $1 million prize

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