After much uncertainty over the past year regarding the future of High Stakes Poker, the show has indeed been picked up for a fifth season that's scheduled to begin shooting between December 19th-21st.
The lineup consist of the usual mix of live pros, online pros and a couple of ultra rich businessmen. 2008 Main event winner Peter Eastgate and runner up Ivan Demidov will also be making an appearance.
The following is a complete list of players scheduled to appear of the $200,000 minimum buy-in game:
Patrik Antonius
Doyle Brunson
Phill Hellmuth
Barry Greenstein
Peter Eastgate
Ivan Demidov
Michael Baxter
David Benyamine
Nick Cassavetes
Tom Dwan
Eli Elezra
Phil Ivey
Phil Laak
Giorgio Medici
Dario Minieri
Daniel Negreanu
Ilari Sahamies
Bob Safai
Sam Simon.
Howard Lederer
Antonio Esfandiari
Noticeable absences from the lineup whom I enjoyed watching purely for the entertainment factor the last couple of seasons are Sammy Farha and Jamie Gold. I mean, who doesn't remember this hand between these two.
Other players I wished would have returned are Jennifer Harman and Gus Hansen, but I guess throwing top online pros in there like Dario Minieri and Tom Dwan will definitely make for some good poker.
If you haven't already done so, you can catch up on past seasons of High Stakes Poker here.
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