The 6th Season of Game Show Network (GSN) High Stakes Poker has already started (Sunday 14th February). The former co-host AJ Benza was replaced by former EPT presenter Kara Scott. She will host the show along with Gabe Kaplan. Currently you can see Scott as a presenter at the WSOP-E on ESPN2 on TV.

Scott is not the only new face in the scene. Some players are at HSP for the very first time, including Dennis Phillips, Yevgeniy Timoshenko and Lex Veldhuis. Of course, the other regular participants are also on board: Doyle Brunson, Patrik Antonius, Barry Greenstein, Daniel Negreanu and Mike Matusow are back and they are clearly “Ready to Gamble.” Phil Ivey has also planned to participate again at HSP, which is definitely exciting news for lots of fans. Further you’ll find a list of the best hands in the past 5 seasons of High Stakes Poker, that present the six most impressive hands:

1. Greenstein lose with aces in the final hand of the night

It’s not every day that you get aces and another player has two kings simultaneously. Even less frequently this is to happen in an HSP episode, where there is a pot in the value of a small house.

In the final hand of the session, Barry Greenstein raised with A-A to $ 2,500. Sammy Farha is indeed known that he cannot be assessed in terms of his starting hands, because he also plays impossible starting hands which he also raises, but this time he had a hand with two kings. He re-raised to $ 12,500. Greenstein, of course, raised again, to $ 62,500. Farha wondered for some time and he seemed to be aware that Greenstein could have two aces, whilst he only had two kings. Ultimately, however, he went all in and Greenstein called without hesitation. The pot was now $ 361.800 high, Greenstein rejected Farha’s offer to run the board twice. When the flop came (K-8-6), Greenstein certainly would have been glad if he had accepted Farha’s offer. Farha had a set of kings and lay in front. The turn was a “7″- no help for Greenstein. The last card was a “3″ and the winner therefore was clear at hand. The pot moved to Farha moved and Greenstein had nothing but his useless aces.

2. Ted Forrest against the doctor

At the beginning of the series the HSP players didn’t waste time and immediately produced pots, which were higher than the average yearly income of a mortal. In the first episode of the first session, Ted Forrest and Dr. Amir Nasseri competed against each other and played a strong hand, after both had hit a ragged flop.

Nasseri raised with “5-5″ at pre-flop to $ 2,500. Daniel Negreanu called with “J-10″ and Forrest called with “2,-2″. The flop came (5-4-2), Negreanu bet $ 6,000 and tried to steal the pot. Forest called, and Nasseri raised to $ 20,000. Negreanu knew he was way behind and folded, but Forrest had other ideas. After he had coldly called the first bet, it was now Forrest’s turn to raise, and he re-raised to $ 36,000. Nasseri thought for a while and then went all-in. Forrest called and when the cards were revealed, Forrest realized, in what precarious situation he was. The turn brought an “A” the and the river a “9″, so the pot was worth $ 206,600 and went to Nasseri. Thus, the whole world witnessed how quickly $ 100,000 can be blown away at the HSP. But Forrest’s just a real pro, he remained calm, reached into his pocket and put another $ 100,000 on the table.

3. Greenstein against Dwan

Barry Greenstein indeed loves to play old-style. In this hand he aimed for a pot worth $ 500,000 and his opponent was online superstar Tom “durrrr” Dwan. Peter Eastgate opened with a raise to $ 3,300, he had a hand with “Q-8″. Greenstein re-raised from the button with “J-9″ to $ 12,000. Dwan was at the small blind, holding two aces. He raised to $ 31,300, Eastgate folded and Greenstein called.

The flop came (J-10-3), Greenstein now had a pair of Jacks. Dwan bet $ 46,200 and Greenstein raised to $ 146,200. Dwan re-raised to $ 240,000 and forced Greenstein to go all-in. He called without hesitation, making the pot a considerable $ 548,700. The players agreed to see Turn and River only once. The “9″ on the turn brought Greenstein two pair. Dwan now needed an ace at the River, a “10″ or a “3″ to still be able to win this hand. The River showed a “5″, so Greenstein had cracked the aces.

4. Hellmuth bluffs Matusow’s Kings

Mike Matusow showed the world that he was able to fold pocket kings, when he played against Phil Hellmuth. But that was not the only crazy thing about this hand, as Hellmuth proved again that he was able to pull an ice-cold bluff even with the worst starting hand in poker. Matusow was UTG and raised with two (black) kings to $ 1,800, the action went to Hellmuth at the big blind. He had a hand with “7-2″ and raised it to $ 7,000. Why on earth did Hellmuth do this? The players had decided during the game to play the seven-deuces-game. If a player won a pot with 7-2, the other players paid him an additional $ 500 each at the table. Matusow flat-called the re-raise and both players saw the flop. The flop came (Q-J-6), thus Matusow with his overpair was far ahead. Hellmuth and Matusow both checked. When an “8″ came at the River, Hellmuth put the pedal to the metal and bet $ 17,000. Matusow decided to move slowly and therefore only called. The last card was a “6″. Hellmuth bet $ 40,000 in a pot of $ 49,100. Matusow thought for 30 seconds, and threw away his kings face-up. Hellmuth also showed his bluff, which meant that Matusow leapt from his chair as if struck by lightning, but everyone at the table was just equally stun to see what kind of bluff Hellmuth had pulled through!

5. Laliberte and Benyamine in a $ 1.2 million pot

High-stakes poker pro David Benyamine played against Cirque du Soleil CEO Guy Laliberte. The two played for a pot totaling $ 1,227,900. Sammy Farha (A-3) opened the action with a raise to $ 4,200, and Benyamine and Laliberte called. Benyamine had “A-8″ and Laliberte “K-5″. The three players then saw the flop, which presented itself with “K-5-3″. Laliberte had hit two pair and Benyamine the nut flush draw. Farha was behind with his 3’s bottom pair.

Laliberte checked to Farha, who bet $ 13,000. Benyamine raised to $ 43,000 and Laliberte raised to $ 168,000. This was too much for Farha, he folded. Benymine wanted to put pressure on Laliberte and went all-in with $ 600,000. Laliberte thought for a moment and then called, which meant that the highest pot in the history of HSP was on the table. As the action at the Flop was over, this hand also ended. After some back and forth Benyamine and Laliberte decided that the hand shouldn’t be played out, but to be ended at the Flop. Benyamine threw away his hand and Laliberte got the pot of $ 238,900, without the Turn and River being played. Although the other players at the table would like to have seen the Turn and River, Benyamine and Laliberte ensured that nobody got to see the missing cards.

6. Greenstein and Dwan meet again

Peter Eastgate raised with “A-K” to $ 3,500, Grennstein raised with two aces from the button to $ 15,000, Dwan sat in the small blind and called with “K-Q”, Eastgate also called so now already $ 47,400 were in the pot. The flop came (Q-4-2). Dwan had a pair of Queens and a flush draw, while Greenstein was holding the overpair. Eastgate had only an ace high. Dwan opened with $ 28,000, Eastgate folded. Greenstein was not ready to give up, and raised to $ 100,000. Dwan had the top pair and a high draw, and therefore raised to $ 244,600. Greenstein did not hesitate and went all-in with $ 436,100 which was called instantly by Dwan.

The two players revealed their hand and Dwan asked Greenstein, if he wanted to run it more than once. Greenstein declined, but suggested that everyone should get back some money from the pot. This was rejected by Dwan, so the pot for this coin flip was $ 919,600 high. The turn brought a “Q”, Dwan had hit triplets. Greenstein now needed an ace to get a full house to still win the pot. But luck was not on his side, as the last card came (”7″), so the pot, which was worth almost $ 1 million, went to Dwan.

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