High Stakes Poker IV

One of my favourite shows is returning with
brand new episodes, and a big $ upgrade.

High Stakes Poker which airs on the
Game Show Network (GSN) will unveil
its new season August 27th at 9pm.

The first half of the season will have a
familiar look and feel, as players stake
$100k of their own money to play NLH.
Returning players include Doyle Brunson,
Daniel Negreanu, Mike Matusow, Jennifer
Harman, Barry Greenstein, Eli Elezra,
Phil Laak, Sammy Farha, and Todd Brunson.
Phil Hellmuth returns after a 2 season absense.

The real excitement begins in the last 7
episodes of season IV. Beginning with the
November 7th episode, High Stakes Poker
could be called 'Really High Stakes Poker',
as the minimum buy in grows to $500,000,
which means that there will be $5 million
in play as the cards fly.
The action on those $500k buy in
episodes is really fast. Rumour has it
that one guy gets stacked, and then almost
stacked again (after he reloaded) within a
span of about 20 minutes.

Needless to say, the person in question
was none too happy about it, and the
table were merciless in bringing the
needles out. It's all in fun, but with the
money so high with the new elevated
buy in, the tensions run kind of high
as well, and that makes for good television.