High Stakes Poker

Extracted Attributes

• Type

  American cash game poker television program

• Format

  High-stakes cash game

• Poker Variant

  No-limit Texas hold 'em

• Initial Blinds

  $300/$600 with a $100 ante

• Revival Network

  PokerGO

• Season 4 Blinds

  $300, $600, and $1,200 forced blinds, with an optional $2,400 straddle

• Original Network

  GSN

• Highest Recorded Buy-in

  $1,000,000 (by Daniel Negreanu in Season 1 and Brad Booth in Season 3)

• Minimum Buy-in (initial)

  $100,000

• Simulcast Network (Seasons 5-7)

  N3D

• Minimum Buy-in (part of Season 4)

  $500,000

Timeline

• The first four seasons of 'High Stakes Poker' began airing on GSN. (Source: Provided Summary, Wikipedia)

  2006-01-16

• The first episode featuring a minimum buy-in of $500,000 was broadcast. (Source: Web Search Results)

  2007-11-05

• The initial run of 'High Stakes Poker' (first four seasons) concluded on GSN. (Source: Provided Summary, Wikipedia)

  2007-12-17

• Seasons 5-7 began airing on GSN and were simulcast in 3DTV on N3D. (Source: Provided Summary, Wikipedia)

  2009-03-01

• Seasons 5-7 concluded. (Source: Provided Summary, Wikipedia)

  2011-05-21

• 'High Stakes Poker' was revived and began airing on PokerGO. (Source: Provided Summary, Wikipedia)

  2020-12-16

• A. J. Benza and Gabe Kaplan served as hosts. (Source: Provided Summary, Wikipedia)

  Seasons 1-5

• Kara Scott replaced A. J. Benza as co-host alongside Gabe Kaplan, conducting floor interviews. (Source: Wikipedia)

  Season 6

• Norm Macdonald replaced Gabe Kaplan as co-host alongside Kara Scott. (Source: Wikipedia)

  Season 7

• A. J. Benza and Gabe Kaplan returned as hosts. (Source: Provided Summary, Wikipedia)

  Season 8 onwards (initially)

• Gabe Kaplan retired from hosting and was succeeded by Nick Schulman. (Source: Provided Summary, Wikipedia)

  Season 10 (after first episode)

High Stakes Poker

High Stakes Poker is an American cash game poker television program. The poker variant played on the show is no limit Texas hold 'em. The first four seasons ran from January 16, 2006 to December 17, 2007 on GSN. The next three seasons ran from March 1, 2009 to May 21, 2011, and was simulcast in 3DTV on N3D. The show was revived on December 16, 2020 on PokerGO. The show was hosted by A. J. Benza in the first five seasons, alongside Gabe Kaplan. In the sixth season, Kara Scott replaced Benza as Kaplan's co-host, with Scott conducting interviews from the poker room floor. In the seventh season, Norm Macdonald replaced Kaplan as Scott's co-host. Beginning with the eighth season, Benza and Kaplan returned as hosts. After the first episode of the tenth season, Kaplan retired and was replaced by Nick Schulman.

Web Search Results

• High Stakes Poker - Wikipedia

  Wikipedia # High Stakes Poker High Stakes Poker is an American cash game poker television program. The poker variant played on the show is no limit#No_limit "Betting (poker)") Texas hold 'em. The first four seasons ran from January 16, 2006 to December 17, 2007 on GSN. The next three seasons ran from March 1, 2009 to May 21, 2011, and was simulcast in 3DTV on N3D. The show was revived on December 16, 2020 on PokerGO. [...] "Ante (poker)") are constant, instead of increasing as time goes on. High Stakes Poker has $300/$600 blinds with a $100 ante. The fourth season features three forced blinds of $300, $600, and $1,200, with a "straddle#Straddle_bets "Betting (poker)")" or optional fourth blind of $2,400. [...] When it first aired, High Stakes Poker was unique among televised poker series because it did not take place in a tournament setting. Instead, the program showed a high-stakes cash game. The minimum buy-in to the game is $100,000, but players have bought in for as much as $1,000,000, such as Daniel Negreanu in Season 1 and Brad Booth in Season 3. For part of the fourth season, the minimum buy-in was $500,000. The first episode with the minimum $500,000 buy-in was broadcast on November 5, 2007.

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