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List of players on High Stakes Poker

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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

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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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  1. ^ Jenkins, Tom (2009-04-22). "Antonio Esfandiari Does 47 Pushups on High Stakes Poker". Poker News Daily. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
  2. ^ Feldman, Andrew (2009). "Chat with Andrew Feldman, Barry Greenstein". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
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