List of players on High Stakes Poker

High Stakes Poker is a cash game poker television program broadcast originally by the cable television Game Show Network (GSN) in the United States and now broadcast on PokerGO. It premiered on January 16, 2006 and ended on December 17, 2007 for the first 4 seasons. Seasons 5 through 7 ran from March 1, 2009 to May 21, 2011. Season 8 debuted on December 16, 2020 and ended on March 17, 2021. The poker variant played on the show is no limit Texas hold 'em. The show was taped in a poker room setting at various casino hotel locations in Las Vegas, Nevada. The latest season is taped in the PokerGO studio inside Aria Resort and Casino.

The participants on the show include both professional poker players and amateur players, including celebrity amateurs who have had some success in major tournaments, such as Jerry Buss, Sam Simon, Nick Cassavetes, and others.

Players

Doyle Brunson, 77, is the oldest participant on High Stakes Poker
Eli Elezra won a $47,000 pot in Season 3 with four aces
Daniel Negreanu brought $1,000,000 to the table in Season 1
Antonio Esfandiari won $1,000 from Nick Cassavetes after successfully doing 47 push-ups in a Season 5 episode[1]
Barry Greenstein raised over $50,000 in charitable donations by uttering the phrase "LOL donkaments" on the show[2]
In Season 5, Tom Dwan won a $919,600 pot against Barry Greenstein

Note: Player list accurate through Season 11 episode 13.

Name Country of birth Occupation Season(s)
Brandon Adams United States Professor, poker player 4 and 8
Garrett Adelstein United States Poker player 9
Daniel Alaei Iran Poker player 1-3
Koray Aldemir Germany Poker player 9
John Andress United States Poker player 8
Patrik Antonius Finland Poker player 3-6 and 9
Nikhil Arcot United States Poker player 11
Bobby Baldwin United States Poker player 10
Mike Baxter United States Hedge fund manager[3] 4-5 and 7
Jean-Robert Bellande United States Poker player 8-11
David Benyamine France Poker player 3-6
Matt Berkey United States Poker player 11
Brad Booth Canada Poker player 2-3
James Bord United Kingdom Businessman, poker player 8-9
Brian Brandon United States Options trader 4
Bob Bright United States Poker player 11
Doyle Brunson United States Poker player 1-7 and 9
Todd Brunson United States Poker player 1-4
Jerry Buss United States Basketball team owner 1
Nick Cassavetes United States Actor, director 5
Fred Chamanara United States Restaurant owner[4] 1-2
Johnny Chan China Poker player 1 and 7
Bobo Chann China Poker player 11
William Chen United States Mathematician, poker player 3
Stanley Choi Hong Kong Poker player 10
Robert Croak United States Businessman 7
John D'Agostino United States Poker player 3
Jake Daniels United States Poker player 8
Freddy Deeb Lebanon Poker player 1
Jonathan Duhamel Canada Poker player 7
Tom Dwan United States Poker player 5-6 and 8-9
Peter Eastgate Denmark Poker player 5
Eli Elezra Israel Businessman, poker player 1-6
Antonio Esfandiari Iran Poker player 1-7 and 10
Sammy Farha Lebanon Poker player 1-4
Chris Ferguson United States Poker player 3
Amnon Filippi United States Poker player 2
Ted Forrest United States Poker player 1-2
Farah Galfond United States Poker player 11
Phil Galfond United States Poker player 4 and 6-7
Justin Gavri United States Poker player 11
Jonathan Gibbs United States Businessman 9
Jamie Gold United States Poker player 3-4
Barry Greenstein United States Poker player 1-7
Bertrand Grospellier France Poker player 6
David Grey United States Poker player 2
Joe Hachem Australia Poker player 5
Matt Hanks United States Poker player 10
Gus Hansen Denmark Poker player 2 and 6
Jennifer Harman United States Poker player 1-4
Dan Harmetz United States Businessman 3
Phil Hellmuth United States Poker player 1, 4, 6, and 8
Lazaro Hernandez United States Businessman, poker player 8
Eric Hicks United States Poker player 10
Andreas Høivold Norway Poker player 6
Kim Hultman Sweden Casino streamer 9
Phil Ivey United States Poker player 3, 6, and 8-9
Lynne Ji United States Poker player 8 and 11
John Juanda Indonesia Poker player 2
Gabe Kaplan United States Comedian, actor, poker player 3
Alan Keating United States Businessman, poker player 10
Bryn Kenney United States Poker player 8-9
Bill Klein United States Businessman 7 and 10
Jason Koon United States Poker player 8-9 and 11
Phil Laak Ireland Poker player 2-7
Guy Laliberté Canada Founder of Cirque du Soleil 4
Ben Lamb United States Poker player 10
Howard Lederer United States Poker player, co-founder of Full Tilt Poker 5
Damien LeForbes United States Poker player 8
Erick Lindgren United States Poker player 2-3
Xuan Liu Canada Poker player 9
Minh Ly Vietnam Poker player 2
Mike Matusow United States Poker player 2-4 and 6
Alan Meltzer United States Record mogul 5
Krish Menon United States Businessman 9
Jason Mercier United States Poker player 6-7
Dario Minieri Italy Poker player 5-6
Michael Mizrachi United States Poker player 2
Amir Nasseri Iran Physician, poker player[5] 1
Daniel Negreanu Canada Poker player 1-7 and 9-10
Chamath Palihapitiya Sri Lanka Venture capitalist, engineer, poker player 8
David Peat United States Poker player[6] 5 and 7
Bill Perkins United States Businessman 7 and 10
Sean Perry United States Poker player 8
Eric Persson United States Casino owner, poker player 9-11
Nick Petrangelo United States Poker player 8
Dennis Phillips United States Account manager, poker player 6
Doug Polk United States Poker player 8 and 11
Ferdinand Putra Indonesia Poker player 11
Victor Ramdin Guyana Poker player 3
Chino Rheem United States Poker player 10
Andrew Robl United States Poker player 6-7 and 10-11
Phil Ruffin United States Businessman 7
Bob Safai United States Real estate partner[7] 4
Ilari Sahamies Finland Poker player 5
Rick Salomon United States Poker player, actor, producer 8 and 11
Antonio Salorio United States Poker player 4
Robert Sanchez United States Poker player 10
Vanessa Selbst United States Poker player 7
Michael Schwimer United States Former MLB pitcher 8
Dan Shak United States Businessman, poker player 3
Shawn Sheikhan Iran Poker player 1-3
Sam Simon United States Television producer 5
Roger Sippl United States Poker player 10
Jeremy Stein United States Poker player 10
Brandon Steven United States Businessman, poker player 8 and 11
Bob Stupak United States Casino owner,[4] poker player 1
Stanley Tang Hong Kong DoorDash Co-founder, poker player 9-11
Jennifer Tilly United States Actress, poker player 9-11
William Tjokro Philippines Poker player 11
Brian Townsend United States Poker player 3
Mimi Tran Vietnam Poker player 1
Ilya Trincher Russia Poker player 3
Haralabos Voulgaris Canada Sports bettor, poker player 4 and 7
Lex Veldhuis Netherlands Poker player 6
Paul Wasicka United States Poker player 3
David Williams United States Poker player 3
Rob Yong England Casino owner, poker player 11
Charles Yu China Businessman, poker player 10-11
Cory Zeidman United States Poker player 2
Ema Zajmovic Bosnia & Herzegovina Poker player 10

References

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  2. ^ Feldman, Andrew (2009). "Chat with Andrew Feldman, Barry Greenstein". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2009. Retrieved June 13, 2009.
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