Series synopsis
High Stakes Poker is an American drama television series that premiered on PokerGO on January 16, 2006.
High Stakes Poker is the premier cash game in the history of television. The world's top amateur poker and professional poker players risk hundreds of thousands from their own pockets.
Premise
High Stakes Poker is the premier cash game in the history of television. The world's top amateur poker and professional poker players risk hundreds of thousands from their own pockets.
Cast and characters
Guest cast
Episodes
This series spans 17 seasons with 224 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | April 27, 2023 | April 27, 2023 |
| Season 1 | 13 | January 15, 2006 | April 10, 2006 |
| Season 2 | 16 | June 6, 2006 | September 18, 2006 |
| Season 3 | 13 | January 15, 2007 | April 9, 2007 |
| Season 4 | 17 | August 26, 2007 | December 17, 2007 |
| Season 5 | 13 | March 1, 2009 | May 24, 2009 |
| Season 6 | 13 | February 14, 2010 | May 9, 2010 |
| Season 7 | 13 | February 26, 2011 | May 21, 2011 |
| Season 8 | 14 | December 16, 2020 | March 17, 2021 |
| Season 9 | 14 | February 20, 2022 | May 22, 2022 |
| Season 10 | 17 | January 24, 2023 | May 30, 2023 |
| Season 11 | 14 | August 7, 2023 | November 20, 2023 |
| Season 12 | 12 | February 19, 2024 | May 13, 2024 |
| Season 13 | 12 | October 28, 2024 | |
| Season 14 | 14 | May 5, 2025 | |
| Season 15 | 17 | December 23, 2025 | December 23, 2025 |
| Season 16 | 11 | May 25, 2026 | June 30, 2026 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Special Edition Livestream This special edition High Stakes Poker livestream will feature blinds of $200-$400 with a $400 big blind ante and a $100,000 minimum buy-in. The game will include previous High Stakes Poker players Eric Persson, Jennifer Tilly, Jean-Robert Bellande, Lynne Ji, and Doug Polk, while making their debut will be Matt Berkey, Nik "Airball" Arcot, and Rob Yong. The pots will be huge, and the action will be wild, so tune in to watch this special edition of High Stakes Poker! |
April 27, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The first episode of High Stakes Poker features Daniel Negreanu and a $1,000,000 buy-in! Doyle Brunson, Jennifer Harman, Barry Greenstein, Ted Forrest, Daniel Alaei, Dr. Amir Nasseri, and Jerry Buss join "Kid Poker" for a $300/$600 No-Limit Hold'em cash game. |
January 16, 2006 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 High Stakes Poker action continues and Barry Greenstein starts to get involved! Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, and Ted Forrest join Greenstein for another High Stakes Poker cash game. |
January 23, 2006 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 New players and new blood leads to big pots. Sammy Farha, Eli Elezra, Shawn Sheikhan, and Todd Brunson join Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, Jennifer Harman, and Barry Greenstein for another High Stakes Poker cash game. |
January 30, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The second season of High Stakes Poker starts with the return of Daniel Negreanu, Sammy Farha, Fred Chamanara, Daniel Alaei, and Antonio Esfandiari. New faces include Michael Mizrachi, Mike Matusow, and Phil Laak in this $300/$600 No-Limit Hold'em cash game. |
June 6, 2006 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Newcomer Mike Matusow shakes things up as big pairs lead to big pots. The High Stakes Poker action continues with Daniel Negreanu, Michael Mizrachi, Phil Laak, Antonio Esfandiari, Fred Chamanara, Daniel Alaei, and Sammy Farha. |
June 13, 2006 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Antonio Esfandiari picks up pocket aces and Mike Matusow gets picked on as Daniel Negreanu, Michael Mizrachi, Fred Chamanara, Phil Laak, Daniel Alaei, and Sammy Farha continue to battle on High Stakes Poker. |
June 20, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The third season of High Stakes Poker starts with Mike Matusow, Jamie Gold, Daniel Alaei, Shawn Sheikhan, Victor Ramdin, Bill Chen, Daniel Negreanu, and Doyle Brunson kicking off this $300/$600 No-Limit Hold'em cash game. |
January 15, 2007 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 The commentator becomes the competition when Gabe Kaplan joins the lineup after taking Daniel Negreanu's seat. Doyle Brunson, Jamie Gold, Mike Matusow, Daniel Alaei, Shawn Sheikhan, and Victor Ramdin look to take on Kaplan on High Stakes Poker. |
January 22, 2007 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Some big pairs get slow-played, while some others get bluffed. Gabe Kaplan remains in the game, while Paul Wasicka joins the lineup that features Doyle Brunson, Daniel Alaei, Shawn Sheikhan, Victor Ramdin, Bill Chen, and Jamie Gold. |
January 29, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The fourth season of High Stakes Poker starts with Phil Hellmuth, Haralabos Voulgaris, Antonio Esfandiari, Tony Salorio, Mike Matusow, Phil Laak, Brian Brandon, and Todd Brunson playing $300/$600 No-Limit Hold'em. |
August 27, 2007 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Mike Matusow gets lucky and lives up to his nickname of "The Mouth". Mike Baxter takes Antonio Esfandiari's seat and begins mixing it up with Todd Brunson, Phil Hellmuth, Haralabos Voulgaris, Tony Salorio, Brian Brandon, Todd Brunson, and Phil Laak on High Stakes Poker. |
September 3, 2007 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 "The Mouth" continues to talk and stack chips on High Stakes Poker as he's surrounded by Phil Hellmuth, Todd Brunson, Mike Baxter, Tony Salorio, Todd Brunson, and Phil Laak. While Bob Safai joins the game for this episode of High Stakes Poker. |
September 10, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The fifth season of High Stakes Poker starts with a bigger game of $400/$800 No-Limit Hold'em and a $200,000 minimum buy-in. Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, Barry Greenstein, Tom Dwan, David Benyamine, and Eli Elezra are back for another season, while Peter Eastgate and Ilari Sahamies make their debut on High Stakes Poker. |
March 1, 2009 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Doyle Brunson slow plays cowboys and big pots start to become the norm as Daniel Negreanu, Peter Eastgate, Barry Greenstein, Tom Dwan, David Benyamine, Ilari Sahamies, and Eli Elezra join "Texas Dolly" for another episode of High Stakes Poker. |
March 8, 2009 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Daniel Negreanu is at the center of the action like normal as Doyle Brunson, Peter Eastgate, Barry Greenstein, Tom Dwan, David Benyamine, Ilari Sahamies, and Eli Elezra continue to battle in this $400/$800 No-Limit Hold'em cash game. |
March 15, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The sixth season of High Stakes Poker starts with Phil Ivey, Andreas Hoivold, Phil Hellmuth, Gus Hansen, Tom Dwan, Dario Minieri, Antonio Esfandiari, and Daniel Negreanu playing $400/$800 No-Limit Hold'em on High Stakes Poker. |
February 14, 2010 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Eli Elezra enters the mix on this episode of High Stakes Poker, and is seated alongside Phil Ivey, Andreas Hoivold, Daniel Negreanu, Gus Hansen, Dario Minieri, Antonio Esfandiari, and Tom Dwan. |
February 21, 2010 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Jason Mercier makes his High Stakes Poker debut as he joins Eli Elezra, Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Dario Minieri, Gus Hansen, Antonio Esfandiari, and Tom Dwan to play $400/$800 No-Limit Hold'em. |
February 28, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The seventh season of High Stakes Poker starts with Doyle Brunson, Vanessa Selbst, Barry Greenstein, Antonio Esfandiari, Robert Croak, Phil Ruffin, Bill Klein, and David Peat playing $400/800 No-Limit Hold'em on this episode of High Stakes Poker. |
February 26, 2011 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Antonio Esfandiari lives up to his nickname and the action picks up as Doyle Brunson, Vanessa Selbst, Barry Greenstein, Robert Croak, Phil Ruffin, Bill Klein, and David Peat continue to battle on High Stakes Poker. |
March 5, 2011 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 The ups and downs of Doyle Brunson see Andrew Robl enter the game as action continues on High Stakes Poker between Vanessa Selbst, Barry Greenstein, Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Ruffin, Bill Klein, and David Peat. |
March 12, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The eighth season of High Stakes Poker begins with Tom Dwan, Bryn Kenney, Nick Petrangelo, Michael Schwimer, Brandon Steven, Rick Salomon, and Jean-Robert Bellande playing $400/$800 No-Limit Hold'em on this first episode of High Stakes Poker. |
December 16, 2020 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Michael Schwimer exits the game after throwing a no-hitter in the previous episode as his seat is filled by another player making their High Stakes Poker debut. Rick Salomon tangles in huge pots all night long with some of the young guns - including one that is nearly $900k! |
December 23, 2020 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Big pairs find themselves all-in, flushes top other flushes, and another player reaches for a rebuy. Can Rick Salomon continue where he left off, or will it be Lynne Ji, Jean-Robert Bellande, Bryn Kenney, Brandon Steven, Tom Dwan, or Nick Petrangelos' time to shine on this episode of High Stakes Poker? |
December 30, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The ninth season of High Stakes Poker begins with Phil Ivey, Doyle Brunson, Kim Hultman, Tom Dwan, James Bord, Patrik Antonius, Koray Aldemir, and Daniel Negreanu playing $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em on this first episode of Season 9 of High Stakes Poker. |
February 20, 2022 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Can Tom Dwan rebound on this episode of High Stakes Poker, or will Doyle Brunson continue to run the show? James Bord gives up his seat to Jean-Robert Bellande, and he immediately plays a big pot with Dwan. Kim Hultman exits and Jonathan Gibbs takes his seat before the $800 straddle kicks up the action as Ace-King goes to war twice on this week's episode of High Stakes Poker. |
February 27, 2022 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Lots of great table talk on this episode of High Stakes Poker as Daniel Negreanu continues his winning ways while Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius continue to struggle. As the night comes to an end for this line-up, the legend Doyle Brunson brings back the $800 straddle and goes on a mini-heater to close out this week's episode of High Stakes Poker. |
March 6, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The tenth season of High Stakes Poker is here as the season opens with Eric Persson, Bobby Baldwin, Jennifer Tilly, Matt Hanks, Ema Zajmovic, Chino Rheem, and Jean-Robert Bellande playing $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em. |
January 24, 2023 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Following the retirement of Gabe Kaplan to open Season 10 of High Stakes Poker, A.J. Benza's new co-host is announced. Eric Persson bets big on the river in the dark and gives his famous salute to Jean-Robert Bellande while he's in the tank. Jennifer Tilly complains about her luck and is rewarded with pocket aces not once but twice before the episode ends with Matt Hanks betting out one of those sweet stacks of cash to put the pressure on Bellande who has pocket tens. |
January 31, 2023 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Season 10 of High Stakes Poker rolls on with nearly $1,700,000 on the table. Eric Persson is very much in the center of it all once again, both with his play and his mouth. Persson finds himself in some big pots, but the biggest pot of them all likely didn't happen due to a surprising play that left Matt Hanks and Chino Rheem begging to play Persson's hand. Hanks, Jean-Robert Bellande and Jennifer stayed active and chatty throughout, but their chip stacks didn't exactly thrive. Closing out the episode, the games gets an appearance from "Quadzilla." |
February 7, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The 11th season of High Stakes Poker is here, and it opens with the biggest game in High Stakes Poker history with $1,000/$2,000 No-Limit Hold'em and a $500,000 minimum buy-in. Rick Salomon, Andrew Robl, Jean-Robert Bellande, Charles Yu, and Eric Persson all make their return to High Stakes Poker, while Rob Yong and Ferdinand Putra make their High Stakes Poker debut in this huge cash game. |
August 7, 2023 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 With nearly $5 million on the table, this episode of High Stakes Poker kicks off with a massive $1 million pot between Jean-Robert Bellande and Charles Yu. The game gets a new arrival with Eric Persson taking a seat, and he immediately gets involved in the action playing a huge pot with Rob Yong. Persson doesn't shy away from playing pots, while Yu makes a mammoth call on the river in another hand against Bellande. The rich continue to get richer as Andrew Robl pushes his stack to $2.2 million after he sends a player home. |
August 14, 2023 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Does Andrew Robl ever miss? Jean-Robert Bellande doesn't think so, and on this episode of High Stakes Poker, it proves to be the truth as Robl continues to win pots off Bellande. The action cools for Robl when he gets involved in hands with Rob Yong, while Rick Salomon makes some big hands and gets paid off as Bellande ends this episode needing to get some fresh air after a horrible run of luck. |
August 21, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The 12th season of High Stakes Poker is here, and it opens with a mix of new faces and old. Andrew Robl, Jean-Robert Bellande, and Jennifer Tilly headline the $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em cash game while Santhosh Suvarna, Justin Gavri, Vivian Yang, Andrew Pacheco, and Andrew Sasson join the mix to open Season 12. |
February 19, 2024 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 The double straddle is on to begin this episode of High Stakes Poker, and it is Santhosh Suvarna who starts on fire by winning a pot with ace-king and then making two flushes. Jennifer Tilly runs into two full houses before Justin Gavri gets it in twice with a suited ace and survives. The biggest pots come at the expense of Andrew Sasson as he is dealt a cooler when he flops a set against Andrew Pacheco, and it's the second-best hand. Sasson then strikes his gin card on the river in a pot against Andrew Robl, but his hand is second best again. Pacheco ends the final episode with this lineup by flopping a monster against Tilly. |
February 26, 2024 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 It's a brand-new lineup on this episode of High Stakes Poker with Andrew Robl leading the likes of Jean-Robert Bellande, Santhosh Suvarna, Justin Gavri, and Vivian Yang back to the table. Nik Airball and Chino Rheem make their season debut, while Phil Laak returns to High Stakes Poker for the first time in nearly 13 years! |
March 4, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The 13th season of High Stakes Poker is here, and it opens with a mix of new faces and old. Andrew Robl and Jennifer Tilly headling the $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em cash game, while Justin Gavri, Sameh Elamawy, Bo Brownstein, Masato Yokosawa, and Sean Dempsey join in on the action. |
July 29, 2024 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Justin Gavri and Sameh Elamawy dominate this episode of High Stakes Poker in both good and bad ways. They run bluffs, pick off bluffs, and get their hand caught in the cookie jar many times. Sean Dempsey finds pocket aces and kings, but makes an incorrect fold with one of those hands to lose a multiway pot. The craziest hand of the episode sees Elamawy and Andrew Robl raising back and forth to see $172k enter the middle, with each player holding just four-high and five-high, respectively. How big can this pot get with some of the strongest hands in the game? |
August 5, 2024 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 It's a brand-new lineup on this episode of High Stakes Poker with Andrew Robl headlining many returning players, including Sameh Elamawy, Bo Brownstein, Jennifer Tilly, Masato Yokosawa, and Justin Gavri. New players to join the crew for some $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em include Brandon Steven and Andrew Pacheco. |
August 12, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The 14th season of High Stakes Poker is here, and it opens with a mix of new faces and old. Andrew Robl, Brandon Steven, and Justin Gavri headline the $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em cash game while Jared Bleznick, Seth Gottlieb, Markus Gonsalves, and Marc Kulick all make their debuts to open Season 14. |
January 14, 2025 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Andrew Robl, Brandon Steven, Jared Bleznick, Justin Gavri, Marc Kulick, Markus Gonsalves, and Seth Gottlieb play $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em. |
January 20, 2025 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Andrew Robl, Brandon Steven, Jared Bleznick, Justin Gavri, Marc Kulick, Markus Gonsalves, and Seth Gottlieb play $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em. |
January 27, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The 15th season of High Stakes Poker is here, and it opens with a mix of new faces and old. Headlining this $500/$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em cash game is Hollywood star Kevin Hart, who makes his High Stakes Poker debut. Andrew Robl, DoorDash Co-Founder Stanley Tang, Monkey Tilt Founder Sam Kiki, Scratch CEO Sameh Elamawy, Darin Feinstein, and Kirk Brown all join Hart to open Season 15. |
December 23, 2025 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 It's an action-packed episode of High Stakes Poker for Kevin Hart as he plays a lot of hands, winning some and losing others. This episode begins with two ace-high bluffs from Darin Feinstein and Andrew Robl, before Hart goes on a heater, scooping some big pots when he flops the nuts and gets a bluff through. Things turn the other way for Hart as he is outkicked by Kirk Brown, has an inferior two pair against Sam Kiki, and then has his turned straight outdrawn on the river by Feinstein. |
December 23, 2025 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Full houses here, there, and everywhere on this episode of High Stakes Poker. Andrew Robl, Kirk Brown, and Kevin Hart all scoop in big pots with full houses, while Hart gets through a bluff on Sam Kiki with four-high. Brown tries to bluff in a bigger spot, but gets picked off and then is forced to rebuy after being on the losing side of a flush-over-flush cooler against Hart. Brown runs it back against Hart and gets some revenge as Feinstein finishes as the big winner with more than $1.3 million in his stack. |
December 23, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The 16th season of High Stakes Poker is here, and it opens with a mix of new faces and old. Headlining this $500/$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em cash game is Hollywood star Kevin Hart for his second appearance. Fan favorites Andrew Robl and Monkey Tilt Founder Sam Kiki are ready to clash alongside Scatch CEO Sameh Elamawy, entrepreneur Darin Feinstein, and two-time WSOP bracelet winner Santhosh Suvarna. Making their High Stakes Poker debut are DraftKings Co-Founder Matt Kalish and high-stakes poker player Big Al. |
May 25, 2026 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 It's an action-packed episode of High Stakes Poker, but unfortunately for Kevin Hart, everything goes wrong! Hart loses massive pots to every player as his ace-king, pocket jacks, and top pair all go down in flames. Andrew Robl began the episode as the only player with over $1,000,000 in his stack, but he was joined by Sameh Elamawy and Sam Kiki. Darin Feinstein runs into pocket aces early, but recovers when he spikes trips, while the episode ends with Matt Kalish and his pocket queens holding in a $412k pot. |
May 25, 2026 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Darin Feinstein kicks off this episode of High Stakes Poker with an all-in semi-bluff that gets through against Santhosh Suvarna. Then wins a $1,000,000 pot with bottom set against Andrew Robl, while Kevin Hart starts to turn things around by taking down several pots with pocket jacks, trips, and even a bluff with ace-high. Sam Kiki then flops quads and gets paid on the river, while Feinstein's seven-figure stack takes a hit after a river bluff is unsuccessfully against Sameh Elamawy. |
May 25, 2026 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | PokerGO |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 16, 2006 |
| Last aired | December 23, 2025 |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Schedule | Monday |