High Stakes Poker Announces Lineup for New Season

Posted on December 30, 2008 
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I reported on here awhile ago that the new season of “High Stakes Poker”, which for my money is the best poker TV show available anywhere, had made some changes leading up to their new season, including the minimum buy-in for the game being raised from $100,000 to $200,000. With the details finalized and out of the way, the producers have now announced some of the new faces that we can look forward to on the fifth season.

Some of the fresh meat taking a seat for the first time will include some pretty well known poker celebrities, such as WSOP 2008 Main Event winner Peter Eastgate and Dario Minieri, the quirky Italian professional poker player known for his ultra high-stakes online cash game play. Joining them at the table will be Hollywood TV and Film personalities Sam Simon (Co-creator of “The Simpson”) and Nick Cassavestes (Director of “The Notebook”), both of who are known as avid poker players in their spare time.

Familiar faces making their way back to the felt include Doyle Brunson, Eli Elezra, Antonio Esfandiari, Barry Greenstein, and Daniel Negraneu, all of which have played in every season of “High Stakes Poker” thus far. Filming of season five has already wrapped at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino.

While you may not be as aware of names like Dario and Eastgate as you are names like Hellmuth and Ivey, the fast, aggressive play styles of these two is something that I am very excited to see added to the mix of the already huge cast of characters. As for the non-pros like Sam Simon, he carries the advantage of being so mega rich that the stakes themselves shouldn’t play into his decision making, and he is widely considered to be one of the best amateur players in Hollywood.

The first episode of “High Stakes Poker” will air on March 1st on the Game Show Network. Check your local listings for exact timings.

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