During ESPN's July broadcast of the 2026 WSOP Main Event, Luke Geel's system displayed movement metrics beside players. WIRED identifies Geel as an AI engineer for the US Air Force, with no report of institutional sponsorship or endorsement. Inputs covered eye movement, blinking, posture, chip handling and hand fidgeting, generating estimates of hand categories, including possible bluffs. Outputs remained estimates, never established detections of bluffing, lying, intention or hand strength. Footage came from three televised tables within a field over 9,000 entrants, leaving uneven records. Finalist Michael Gagliano doubted the streams held actionable information. Geel reported mixed blind-test results on other competitions. Omaha Productions withheld the system from the final table.

For each hand, software matched movement with outcomes, added associations to a database, then fed ESPN's overlay live readouts and a hand strength model chart estimating categories such as made hands and bluffs. This sequence presents provisional correlation with the graphic finish of a score. Shaun Deeb, twice WSOP Player of the Year, called the feature a swing and a miss, noting cameras omit physical tells involving breathing and pulse. Posture may register nerves or the stakes, allowing one motion to accompany different cards. Viewers receive the chart before inspecting its sample and may read graphic polish as knowledge. On screen, a player's fidget reaches a camera, returns as a chart, and enters the viewer's judgment as an estimate.