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02-26-2009 , 06:51 PM

#26

JJRollGrowin

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Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 176

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Originally Posted by warrantofice

you could just walk around the table before the start of every and look at everyones hole cards

I think we have a competition brewing... how lame can the ideas get!?

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02-26-2009 , 07:29 PM

#27

DrakeWalls

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Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,563

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Originally Posted by Jehaim

Buy some cheap webcams?

wasnt this obv?

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07-25-2010 , 06:38 PM

#28

vinchnyc

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Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 170

... a dozen of webcams should work... But how do you technically record 12 webcams at once?... You need 12 computers?...

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07-25-2010 , 10:35 PM

#29

masaraksh

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Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 5,250

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Originally Posted by augie_

lol, understatement of the year...if he does it your way it will take less than 100 hours to edit but if he has 9 seperate hole card cameras plus 3+ other cameras this would take hundreds of hours to edit. and then nobody would watch it anyway because its some guy's home game. unless its strip poker with hot college co-eds.

in that case I wouldn't care about installing a hole card cam. Just stack the deck to deal out some bad beats and show tits.

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07-25-2010 , 11:12 PM

#30

otatop

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Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 12,721

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Originally Posted by vinchnyc

... a dozen of webcams should work... But how do you technically record 12 webcams at once?... You need 12 computers?...

Solid bump.

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07-26-2010 , 12:01 AM

#31

Baaaazinga

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Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 526

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Originally Posted by The Syntax

Actually I was thinking of making a show for YouTube.

This could lead to fail.

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07-26-2010 , 01:06 PM

#32

fezjones

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i like the idea of using cheap webcams. Get some USB extention cords, a USB strip to connect 6+ devices and voila

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07-26-2010 , 03:41 PM

#33

grungedave

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Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 328

You will probably also need to obtain a license from the guy who owns the patent for hole card cams... it doesn't expire for another 4 years.

/semi-sarcastic, but still true

http://www.google.com/patents?vid=5451054

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07-26-2010 , 04:02 PM

#34

smurg

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Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,448

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Originally Posted by grungedave

I don't think 9 $10 webcams peering through holes in plywood is patented yet.

Need to get on that.

/leveled

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07-27-2010 , 02:31 AM

#35

rob122150

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Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 69

http://www.ryeparkpoker.com/casino-t...bles-video.htm
http://www.cardmeister.net/wip4/detail.epl?id=214152
http://www.luckyleahys.com/dnn/Poker...5/Default.aspx.

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07-27-2010 , 08:03 AM

#36

BitterChris

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So Russ is switching to live poker, eh?

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07-27-2010 , 08:17 AM

#37

120381

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Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 1

It´s so simple

get a glas table and put the camera under it so you can see all the cards at once.

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07-27-2010 , 12:22 PM

#38

purrrrr

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Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 112

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Originally Posted by 120381

It´s so simple

get a glas table and put the camera under it so you can see all the cards at once.

qft

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07-27-2010 , 04:58 PM

#39

D33P

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Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1,988

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Originally Posted by BitterChris

So Russ is switching to live poker, eh?

gold, pure gold.

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07-30-2010 , 09:32 AM

#40

canoodles

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get a glass table, put a layer of felt on it and cut big enough for cards to fit on seats around the table, get a camera to film straight up from under the table

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07-30-2010 , 09:37 AM

#41

BE-001

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Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 237

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKtc5I9m6E0

Contact the maker of that video, he'll prolly tell his setup

Gl

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07-30-2010 , 12:30 PM

#42

bulls_horn

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Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4,406

I've thought about this a little bit:

* You can use lipstick camera's, which can be drilled into the rail of the table.
* Get a 16-port (or 8-port, depending how many seats are at your table) security camera DVR and mount it under the table. They're super-cheap anymore, I'd be shocked if you couldn't find one for under $500. Run the video from the lipstick cameras to the DVR. The DVR should come with client software for your computer. This way, you could see all the hole-card cams at once, and edit the video as needed.

I can't imagine that the ones you see on TV are a whole lot different than this.

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12-02-2010 , 12:22 AM

#43

CTriverrat

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Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 676

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Originally Posted by big dummy

if you really want to do this, the best way is probably to use RFID cards (commercially available for $70 per deck). less capital investment, less trouble with editing. a bit of front-end work creating some software to interpret and display the data.

PM if serious.

Whats RFID cards?

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12-02-2010 , 06:47 PM

#44

WildxxxCard

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Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 57

how...are there no Russ Hamilton jokes?

opps...

Last edited by WildxxxCard; 12-02-2010 at 06:48 PM. Reason: found it

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12-02-2010 , 07:14 PM

#45

Bolsta

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Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 310

Buy some small USB web cams, modify a table to mount them, then get some software that allows recording of multiple devices.

There is plenty of software out there that does this, such as http://www.pysoft.com/ActiveWebCamMainpage.htm No idea if it is any good but it is just one that I found.