High Stakes Poker Season 6 Episode 8, Season 6 – Episode 4 Original Air Date: 07 March 2010 Release Date: 07 March 2010 Players Include: Eli Elezra Phil Ivey Daniel Negreanu
Gus Hansen Tom Dwan Antonio Esfandiari Dario Minieri Jason Mercier High Stakes Poker is a cash game poker television program broadcast by the cable television network GSN in the United States. The poker variant played on the show is no limit Texas hold ‘em. The show has completed its 5th season, which began on March 1, 2009 and a sixth season is set to air on February 14th, 2010. It has been confirmed that previous host AJ Benza will not be returning for the sixth season and will be replaced by poker pro Kara Scott. 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 ring game. The minimum buy-in to the game is US0000, but players have bought in for as much as 00000, such as Daniel Negreanu in Season 1 and Brad Booth in Season 3. For part of the fourth season, the minimum buy-in was 0000. The first episode with the minimum 0000 buy-in was broadcast on November 5, 2007.