Dates set, Barry calling for fish on HSP 6
GSN's High Stakes Poker is coming back for a sixth season.
In London for the World Series of Poker Europe presented by Betfair, Mori Eskandani, president of POKER PROductions, producers of the highly successful cash-game show, confirmed the company will begin filming 13 episodes for Season 6 of High Stakes Poker at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Nov. 11.
"High Stakes is always fun," Eskandani told PokerListings. "You mix the money with the emotions and all those characters and it's going to be good TV."
The full line-up is not yet confirmed, although Eskandani said the show is looking for its usual mix of veteran pros, Internet upstarts and whales from other walks of life.
As has become the norm, the game will feature $400/$800 blinds with a $200,000 minimum/$500,000 maximum buy-in, although Eskandani said players can add another $500,000 as soon as they fall below that mark.
The major difference this year is that prop games will not be allowed.
"It really distracted from the game for the viewers," Eskandani explained.
A veteran of High Stakes Poker, Team PokerStars Pro Barry Greenstein said he will definitely be playing, and he's hoping there will be a few well-bankrolled fish in the mix this season.
"I hope they can get a good line-up," Greenstein said. "They always promise there will be good games. I was happy with the line-up I played in last year, but it wasn't as good as the line-ups they had in the earlier days when there were more recreational players.
"At this point I don't play just to be on television. I play if it's a good game where I can make some money."
Online high-stakes superstar Tom "durrrr" Dwan dominated play in Season 5, winning a High Stakes Poker record $919,600 pot flopping top pair and a flush draw against Greenstein's pocket aces, getting the money in and turning trips.
The most talked about hand of the season saw Dwan push 2008 WSOP Main Event champ Peter Eastgate of trip deuces and Greenstein off pocket aces with top pair, betting $104,300 into a $133,500 pot.
"It's kind of funny," Greenstein explained. "If I'd have made the call there, and I was on the edge one way or the other, I think the perception would have been very different. It would have been like 'what was he doing?'
"He kind of got lucky that Peter and I got in the way of each other. Because we both folded he's kind of the poker hero and dominated the table. It's funny how things can go like that."
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Comments
9jacosan
2009-11-18Eric A - you know nothing
moron -Barry shits on idiots like you on his worst day...and has done for manymany years-Dickhead.
Mark V
2009-09-26I can't wait to see the next season of High Stakes Poker, it is a great show and always has some of the true legends of the game!
And Gabe's and AJ's comments are usually pretty funny too.
gffdgd
2009-09-22Blair, just watch the latest Poker after dark. Ivey and zigmund played 50k red/black props every hand which pretty much ruined the game because they were only playing cards which gave them an edge in the props... the poker clearly took a backseat. It got so ridiculous that the producers decided to edit out all the props in the second half of the week so that the show wasnt a complete mess.
Blair
2009-09-21I cant believe there not allowing the prop bets this time . It doesnt really distract anyone and it makes for more enjoyable watching ... does this mean there will be no 7,2 rule ? .. best episode's todate have been the one's where there has been prop betting
Dan197823
2009-09-20lol look at these morons.
1. kdmee yes it will be supper time as the players would feast on a donk like you. no good player ever talks like that, so we know automatically u have ZERO game.
2. erica, lol dumb moron. u think barry is pathetic? just because he has one bad session doesnt mean he doesnt know what hes doing. he only has been one of the biggest winners in high stakes cash games for the past 20 years and has way more money than all of us. . yeah real pathetic.
scary that the world actually has people this dumb walking the earth.
Martin Derbyshire
2009-09-19Thanks to - you are right and the change has been made.
EricA
2009-09-19LOL Barry ure so pathetic. It was your weak dinosaur-play that made u lose, not any kind of luck for Dwan. durrrr dominated the table with a superior style and ure just a bad loser.
Hopefully he will take on you again and again and again and ..............
to
2009-09-19He made trip Queens on the TURN.
kdmeehan
2009-09-19Barry , if you stake me i'll be there and it will be supper time at the shark tank!