High Stakes Poker is acash gamepokertelevision program broadcast originally by the cable televisionGame Show Network (GSN) in theUnited States and now broadcast onPokerGO. 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 isno limitTexas hold 'em. The show was taped in a poker room setting at various casino hotel locations inLas Vegas,Nevada. The latest season is taped in the PokerGO studio insideAria 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 asJerry Buss,Sam Simon,Nick Cassavetes, and others.
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 ofCirque du Soleil | 4 |
| Ben Lamb | United States | Poker player | 10 |
| Howard Lederer | United States | Poker player, co-founder ofFull 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 |