The game of poker had an extraordinary spike in the starting of 21st century, because of the introduction on online poker and also due to the invention of the hole card camera, which made the game of poker a spectator sport. This helped the viewers and the players of the game to follow the action of the game, also along with the broadcasts of the poker tournaments held in various parts of the world such as World Series poker.  Because of this, the poker pros became big celebrities. The tour brought in large audiences for satellite TV distributers. This brought a new dimension in the game of poker. The major poker tournaments have grown in size as well as popularity due to the ever growing popularity of the online satellite qualifier tournaments which lead to the prize which is entry to a major tournament. The champions of the 2003-04 World Series tournaments, Chris Moneymaker and Greg raymer, won their seats to the main events by this process.