GSN brings back High Stakes Poker

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There have been many rumors and articles floating around stating the uncertainty of the show "High Stakes Poker" with airs on The Game Show Network. Earlier this year, it appeared as though "High Stakes Poker" was dead and gone and that GSN halted production of the show and decided not to pick up the next season. Hosts Gabe Kaplan and A.J. Benza weren't told what was happening with the show. It appeared that "High Stakes Poker" might be finished, despite the high ratings that the show received year after year.

Well, there is finally some good news for poker fans. GSN confirmed that the fifth season of "High Stakes Poker" would in fact take place. The show wasn't dead after all. "High Stakes Poker" is coming back!

It is still not known exactly who will be participating in this season, but you can bet that invitations will be extended to players such as Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Sammy Farah, Phil Laak, and Doyle Brunson. "Fans will be in for a thrill", said Mori Eskandani, executive producer of the show, about who will be playing on the show.

They don't call it High Stakes for nothing. The minimum buy-in for this season will be $200,000.

The game will be at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV.

"High Stakes Poker" has produced some memorable moments, including:

-Hansen vs Negreanu
-Benyamine vs Laliberte
-Antonius vs Gold
-Antonius vs Farha
-Hellmuth vs Matusow

The airing date of the first episode is said to be mid February.

[jk_ky]

Glad to see that it is coming back , getting kind of tired watching the old ones LOL..

[YellowRoses]

Glad to hear it will be back love to watch that show.

[dpk57]

bummer my cable company dropped gsn about two months ago. know you have to upgrade to get it

[SharBear613]

Nah, you can find the episodes on YouTube and other media sources for free. Screw the cable company. lol

[shamanalix]

Card Player magazine (Jan. 28 '09 Casino Editon) reports the fifth season will premiere on March 1. New episodes at 9p (ET I guess), with past episodes beginning at 6p as the network tries to establish Sundays as "Poker Night on GSN." Good luck to 'em... And article said players are supposed to buy in with $200K of their own money to play.

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LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Sixty four of the world's top poker players are going "all in" at the 5th annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship on March 6-8 in Las Vegas. Heads-Up brings a who's who of the poker world to the Caesars Palace Poker Tournament Room to compete in its distinctive, bracket-style head-to-head format for $1.5 million in combined prize money. GoDaddy.com, the world's dominant Web hosting domain registrar, is the presenting sponsor of the tournament, which will be broadcast on NBC over six consecutive Sundays in April and May.

"The popularity of poker has grown thanks in large part to television and the Internet," said Go Daddy CEO & Founder Bob Parsons. "Being an industry leader for domain names and Web sites, we only sponsor the most exciting events. NBC and Caesars Palace are assembling a top-notch tournament with world-class players and I look forward to seeing some great action."

Scheduled to appear in this year's event are several of the world's top poker pros, including returning Heads-Up champion Chris Ferguson and 2008 World Series of Poker champion Peter Eastgate. Also scheduled to compete are Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Phil Hellmuth and Phil Ivey. Model and television personality Leeann Tweeden will once again serve as the sideline reporter/interviewer, with Craig Hummer and Ali Nejad providing commentary for the broadcast.

"The National Heads-Up Championship's exciting and unique one-on-one format creates the most compelling poker action anywhere," said Jon Miller, executive vice president of NBC Sports. "We've got another great lineup of talent for our fifth season, which will provide fans with the kind of riveting match-ups they have come to expect from our tournament."

The National Heads-Up Poker Championship features 64 top poker players competing in a series of heads-up (one-on-one games of No Limit Texas Hold'em) matches to determine the best heads-up poker player in the world. This tournament has a unique, single-elimination, bracket-style format modeled after college basketball's championship tournament, except that the finals are the best of three. The first-place finisher receives $500,000, with second-place taking home $250,000.

The first round opponents for the brackets will be chosen at random during the tournament's Draw Party held at PURE Nightclub at Caesars Palace on Thursday, March 5. The single-elimination competition begins Friday, March 6 and continues through Sunday, March 8, when a two-out-of-three championship match will determine the winner. The viewing gallery is open to guests on a first-come, first-served basis.