In a stunning move on Thursday morning, federal law enforcement made over thirty arrests across the U.S. for a variety of gambling offenses. Caught up in the net were two prominent current members of the National Basketball Association. Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and veteran player Terry Rozier were the notable names in… Read more »
Faded the flush High Stakes Poker’s popularity stems in part from, well, the high stakes for which the players play and the massive pots they can produce. And there has never been a bigger pot on the show than the one featured Monday night, when Alan Keating took down a cool $1,412,500 in a single… Read more »
PokerGO has announced a special edition of its popular series High Stakes Poker. Scheduled for April 27, this will not be the usual pre-taped, edited episode, but rather a livestream. The episode will air on both the PokerGO subscription service and PokerGO’s YouTube channel, which also requires a paid subscription for much of its content.… Read more »
Can’t blame her, but still hurts With all the different streaming services we feel obligated to subscribe to nowadays, it can be tough to commit to another, especially if it’s for such niche programming like poker. So as good as PokerGO’s content has gotten, it is understandable if fans of shows like High Stakes Poker… Read more »
PokerGo has hired professional poker player Nick Schulman as the new commentator for High Stakes Poker, replacing the legendary Gabe Kaplan, who retired from the show last week. “To join the show that started it all and replace the best to ever do it is a tremendous honor,” said Schulman in Tuesday’s press release. “Thank… Read more »
Poker royalty relinquishes his throne Famed actor and poker enthusiast Gabe Kaplan has retired as commentator on High Stakes Poker after one episode in Season 10. PokerGO announced Kaplan’s decision on Wednesday, saying that his replacement, to work with A.J. Benza, will be named when the second episode airs next week. Kaplan’s final episode was… Read more »
New year, new season PokerGO has announced that the tenth season of the ever-popular show High Stakes Poker will premiere in January 2023. As was the case for the past two seasons, all episodes will be shown PokerGO’s subscription streaming service. “High Stakes Poker is such a special, classic brand that has been the genesis… Read more »
The entertainment and poker worlds received the shocking news today that Norm Macdonald has passed away at the age of 61. The legendary comedian, actor, and avid poker player had suffered with cancer for nine years, a diagnosis he did not share with the public. Now, if this were someone else, we might say that… Read more »
It’s like the poker boom all over again. “High Stakes Poker” has returned. The once immensely popular poker television show has been resurrected by Poker Central and had its first new episode on the PokerGO streaming service Wednesday night. Fans of the show will also be thrilled to know that both Gabe Kaplan and AJ… Read more »
On Tuesday, Poker Central announced that it has acquired the High Stakes Poker brand and assets. Poker Central’s subscription streaming service, PokerGO, will start hosting episodes of the program “in the coming months.” Future distribution of High Stakes Poker might include broadcast and other streaming services. “High Stakes Poker was a remarkable poker program. With… Read more »
Poker News Daily has learned that the fifth season of the popular cash game television series "High Stakes Poker" will be filmed at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas from December 19th to 21st. The minimum buy-in will be $200,000 and the show will once again air on cable station GSN. Read more »
Last week, the World Poker Tour announced that it had signed an agreement with cable network Fox Sports Net to broadcast the seventh season of the wildly-popular poker tournament series. The first five seasons aired (and in the case of Seasons II through V, continue to air) on The Travel Channel. Last year, the WPT entered into negotiations with GSN, the Network for Games, to broadcast the sixth season of the show. GSN abruptly elected not to pick up the exclusive option that the network had on the seventh season of WPT programming, which began last weekend with the Bellagio Cup. This left the future of fellow poker show High Stakes Poker in jeopardy. However, according to Jennifer Minezaki, Director of Public Relations for GSN, the network has opted to pick up the fifth season of High Stakes Poker. Read more »
