The WORST episodes of High Stakes Poker
Every episode of High Stakes Poker ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of High Stakes Poker!
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#1 - Episode 10
Season 12 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/29/2024
Watch this episode of High Stakes Poker that features Andrew Robl, Nik Airball, Charles Yu, Stanley Tang, Brandon Adams, and Santhosh Suvarna playing $1,000/$2,000 No-Limit Hold'em.
#2 - Episode 13
Season 9 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/16/2022
A new set of players take a seat on this episode of High Stakes Poker as Daniel Negreanu, Stanley Tang, Phil Ivey, Jonathan Gibbs, Tom Dwan, Jason Koon, Patrik Antonius, and Doyle Brunson play $500/$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em. The episode kicks off with one of the hands of the season, while both Dwan and Antonius take their turn to drag big pots throughout the episode.
#3 - Episode 9
Season 10 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/21/2023
The tenth season of High Stakes Poker continues with an all-new lineup featuring Eric Persson, Stanley Tang, Jennifer Tilly, Stanley Choi, Andrew Robl, Jean-Robert Bellande, and Daniel Negreanu playing $200/400 No-Limit Hold'em.
#4 - Episode 10
Season 10 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/11/2023
Jean-Robert Bellande looks down at pocket aces not once, not twice, but three times on this episode of High Stakes Poker. Eric Persson flops the nuts twice but also gives back to Bellande in two spots. After losing with pocket jacks, Stanley Tang goes on a little heater to close out the episode, while Andrew Robl believes that three-deuce is worth $45,000 preflop!
#5 - Episode 11
Season 10 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/18/2023
Nothing beats looking down at a big pocket pair, and for Daniel Negreanu on this episode of High Stakes Poker, nothing is better than when they improve to a set. It's another huge episode for Jean-Robert Bellande as he plays an all-in pot with pocket kings against Jennifer Tilly before Stanley Tang goes all-in with a flush and straight draw. Eric Persson has an up-and-down night making some big bluffs before he loses a big pot to Andrew Robl, who finds a fortunate river card.
#6 - Episode 12
Season 10 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/25/2023
It's the final episode with this lineup of players, and it begins with Stanley Choi picking up several pots with big hands and well-timed bluffs. Jean-Robert Bellande gets sneaky with ace-king when he flops top pair and plays a massive pot against Eric Persson. Persson makes a big move on the river and puts Bellande into a tough spot, and even after the hand concludes, both players continue to jar at each other throughout the remainder of the episode.
#7 - Episode 15
Season 10 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/16/2023
The final line-up from Season 10 of High Stakes Poker is here with Ben Lamb and Charles Yu making their debuts. They'll be joined by Eric Persson, Bill Klein, Stanley Choi, Eric Hicks, and Daniel Negreanu to play $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em.
#8 - Episode 16
Season 10 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/23/2023
Poker is hard, but not for Daniel Negreanu or Ben Lamb on this episode of High Stakes Poker. Both players are hit by the deck early as Lamb rivers trips not once but twice. Negreanu battles back and forth with Eric Persson and has the better of him each time. Bill Klein is outdrawn by Negreanu in two pots, but he ends the episode with a successful bluff against Eric Hicks.
#9 - Episode 17
Season 10 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/30/2023
It's the final episode of Season 10 on High Stakes Poker, and it kicks off with Bill Klein explaining why he always wears a hat when playing poker. Lamb's hot run continues when he wins a small pot with just quads, but then makes a bad fold to Daniel Negreanu. Negreanu then tangles with Stanley Choi and bets big on the river with the best hand. Pots go the way of Klein and Charles Yu, while Eric Hicks plays two big ones against Lamb and Choi. The final hand of the season has Negreanu at the mercy of the deck against Lamb as the tenth season of High Stakes Poker concludes.
#10 - Episode 1
Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/19/2024
The 12th season of High Stakes Poker is here, and it opens with a mix of new faces and old. Andrew Robl, Jean-Robert Bellande, and Jennifer Tilly headline the $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em cash game while Santhosh Suvarna, Justin Gavri, Vivian Yang, Andrew Pacheco, and Andrew Sasson join the mix to open Season 12.
#11 - Episode 7
Season 12 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/1/2024
It is all action for Nik Airball on this episode of High Stakes Poker as he trips up Andrew Robl and then turns a flush. Santhosh Suvarna and Brandon Adams each make straights and follow that by being dealt some premium pocket pairs. Suvarna hits a big river on Airball before sending Stanley Tang to the rebuy cage. Charles Yu joins in the action late and is immediately put to the test by Adams.
#12 - Episode 9
Season 12 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/22/2024
It's a new night and a brand-new episode of High Stakes Poker, but the boys are all back to play $1,000/$2,000 No-Limit Hold'em. Santhosh Suvarna, Charles Yu, Stanley Tang, Nik Airball, Brandon Adams, and Andrew Robl all sit down with $500,000. Robl starts off hot with a few big hands before he cuts down pocket aces in a $500k pot. Suvarna wins possibly the biggest pot of the season, while Robl rivers Adams and then freerolls Airball when they both have a straight. The episode closes with a cooler for Stanley Tang against Charles Yu in a pot that eclipses $630k.
#13 - Episode 8
Season 12 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/8/2024
This episode of High Stakes Poker starts horribly for Nik Airball as he bluffs into Charles Yu and then pays him off when he turns a full house. However, Airball's night eventually turns as a bluff works against Stanley Tang, and then he outkicks Santhosh Suvarna. Airball then finds pocket aces and Justin Gavri's night comes to an end. The largest pot of the season so far plays out between Andrew Robl and Brandon Adams when both players go runner-runner to make a straight, and a nearly $800k pot is the result.
#14 - Episode 10
Season 11 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/23/2023
It's a brand-new episode of High Stakes Poker as Rob Yong, Rick Salomon, Jennifer Tilly, and Jean-Robert Bellande all return. After two seasons away, businessman Brandon Steven is back on High Stakes Poker, while Bobo Chann and Justin Gavri make their High Stakes Poker debut in this $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em cash game.
#15 - Episode 14
Season 10 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/9/2023
Jean-Robert Bellande and Jeremy Stein dominate this episode of High Stakes Poker as the action begins with Stein being dealt some monster hands to send his chip stack upwards. Eric Hicks celebrates his birthday with a hand-delivered birthday cake while everything keeps going the way of Stein. The episode closes with Bellande winning pots off Stanley Choi and Alan Keating.
#16 - Episode 9
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/31/2006
New changes to the lineup see Cory Zeidman and Amnon Filippi make their High Stakes Debut as three-of-a-kind dominates the session. Doyle Brunson, Eli Elezra, Antonio Esfandiari, Shawn Sheikhan, Daniel Negreanu, and Barry Greenstein return for this episode of High Stakes Poker.
#17 - Episode 12
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/17/2009
The $400/$800 No-Limit Hold'em action continues on High Stakes Poker as Doyle Brunson, Mike Baxter, Eli Elezra, Dario Minieri, Phil Laak, David Peat, Alan Meltzer, and Tom Dwan continue to battle.
#18 - Episode 3
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/29/2007
Some big pairs get slow-played, while some others get bluffed. Gabe Kaplan remains in the game, while Paul Wasicka joins the lineup that features Doyle Brunson, Daniel Alaei, Shawn Sheikhan, Victor Ramdin, Bill Chen, and Jamie Gold.
#19 - Episode 8
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/5/2007
Huge hands kick-off the action as Phil Laak joins the lineup for the first time. Jennifer Harman, Erick Lindgren, Brian Townsend, Paul Wasicka, Barry Greenstein, and Eli Elezra continue to battle on High Stakes Poker.
#20 - Episode 3
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/12/2011
The ups and downs of Doyle Brunson see Andrew Robl enter the game as action continues on High Stakes Poker between Vanessa Selbst, Barry Greenstein, Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Ruffin, Bill Klein, and David Peat.
#21 - Episode 1
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/14/2010
The sixth season of High Stakes Poker starts with Phil Ivey, Andreas Hoivold, Phil Hellmuth, Gus Hansen, Tom Dwan, Dario Minieri, Antonio Esfandiari, and Daniel Negreanu playing $400/$800 No-Limit Hold'em on High Stakes Poker.
#22 - Episode 2
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/5/2011
Antonio Esfandiari lives up to his nickname and the action picks up as Doyle Brunson, Vanessa Selbst, Barry Greenstein, Robert Croak, Phil Ruffin, Bill Klein, and David Peat continue to battle on High Stakes Poker.
#23 - Episode 6
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/2/2011
New lineup and new faces on High Stakes Poker as Jonathan Duhamel, Julian Movsesian, and Bill Perkins make their debut alongside Haralabos Voulgaris, Phil Laak, Mike Baxter, Jason Mercier, and Barry Greenstein.
#24 - Episode 8
Season 11 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/9/2023
This episode of High Stakes Poker begins positively for DoorDash co-founder Stanley Tang, but it soon heads the other way, courtesy of Jennifer Tilly. Rick Salomon coolers Bob Bright twice, but the businessman manages to get away both times before eventually getting one back on Salomon. By the end of this episode, Rob Yong is sick of flushes as Salomon, Tilly, and Andrew Robl all make flushes to take pots away from the Brit.
#25 - Episode 11
Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/7/2011
Big bluffs, big pots, pocket aces, and angles? Johnny Chan, Phil Galfond, Antonio Esfandiari, Robert Croak, Erik Boneta, Bill Klein, Phil Laak, and Doyle Brunson continue to battle on this episode of High Stakes Poker.