A new poker show will feature heart-rate monitoring of the players
The new show Deepstack, headed up by high roller Elton Tsang and Dutch player Jelle Moene, will use artificial intelligence to read players' emotional tension at the table.
The project team has developed software that makes it possible to measure heart rate from video. The technology captures the player's face, reads the pulse off the skin, and displays the data on screen during the hand.
"We saw the facial recognition technology at the WSOP. But we've made quite a significant improvement over that.
I think that by showing what's happening with the players, we'll dispel the boredom people currently feel when watching poker shows. We're also working on recognizing timing tells and blink detection. It will be a technological layer on top of the game itself," Moene said in an interview with PokerNews.
On Deepstack, poker players will take part in deep-stacked cash games. The idea is that this should give the pros more room for complex decisions and big bluffs.
One of the main formats will be BLUVV — a variation of the game Squid aimed at increasing action at the table. When a player wins a pot, they receive a special token. Over the course of a round, all participants contribute small amounts to a separate pool, which is distributed at the end among the token holders. This way, active participants get extra rewards, while passive players without tokens pay "penalties."
The Deepstack show will be released as separate edited episodes rather than live broadcasts. The premiere is expected at the end of 2026.
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The project team has developed software that makes it possible to measure heart rate from video. The technology captures the player's face, reads the pulse off the skin, and displays the data on screen during the hand.
"We saw the facial recognition technology at the WSOP. But we've made quite a significant improvement over that.
I think that by showing what's happening with the players, we'll dispel the boredom people currently feel when watching poker shows. We're also working on recognizing timing tells and blink detection. It will be a technological layer on top of the game itself," Moene said in an interview with PokerNews.
On Deepstack, poker players will take part in deep-stacked cash games. The idea is that this should give the pros more room for complex decisions and big bluffs.
One of the main formats will be BLUVV — a variation of the game Squid aimed at increasing action at the table. When a player wins a pot, they receive a special token. Over the course of a round, all participants contribute small amounts to a separate pool, which is distributed at the end among the token holders. This way, active participants get extra rewards, while passive players without tokens pay "penalties."
The Deepstack show will be released as separate edited episodes rather than live broadcasts. The premiere is expected at the end of 2026.
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