The BEST episodes of High Stakes Poker season 16
Every episode of High Stakes Poker season 16, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of High Stakes Poker season 16!
High Stakes Poker is the premier cash game in the history of television. The world's top amateur poker and professional poker players risk hundreds of thousands from their own pockets.
#1 - Episode 1
Season 16 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/25/2026
The 16th season of High Stakes Poker is here, and it opens with a mix of new faces and old. Headlining this $500/$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em cash game is Hollywood star Kevin Hart for his second appearance. Fan favorites Andrew Robl and Monkey Tilt Founder Sam Kiki are ready to clash alongside Scatch CEO Sameh Elamawy, entrepreneur Darin Feinstein, and two-time WSOP bracelet winner Santhosh Suvarna. Making their High Stakes Poker debut are DraftKings Co-Founder Matt Kalish and high-stakes poker player Big Al.
#2 - Episode 2
Season 16 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/25/2026
It's an action-packed episode of High Stakes Poker, but unfortunately for Kevin Hart, everything goes wrong! Hart loses massive pots to every player as his ace-king, pocket jacks, and top pair all go down in flames. Andrew Robl began the episode as the only player with over $1,000,000 in his stack, but he was joined by Sameh Elamawy and Sam Kiki. Darin Feinstein runs into pocket aces early, but recovers when he spikes trips, while the episode ends with Matt Kalish and his pocket queens holding in a $412k pot.
#3 - Episode 3
Season 16 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/25/2026
Darin Feinstein kicks off this episode of High Stakes Poker with an all-in semi-bluff that gets through against Santhosh Suvarna. Then wins a $1,000,000 pot with bottom set against Andrew Robl, while Kevin Hart starts to turn things around by taking down several pots with pocket jacks, trips, and even a bluff with ace-high. Sam Kiki then flops quads and gets paid on the river, while Feinstein's seven-figure stack takes a hit after a river bluff is unsuccessfully against Sameh Elamawy.
#4 - Episode 4
Season 16 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/25/2026
It's the final episode of High Stakes Poker with this line-up, and Darin Feinstein opens with a big shove yet again. Kevin Hart bluffs Sam Kiki and shows the goods, while Andrew Robl starts hitting the flop. Sameh Elamawy extracts a little value with his flopped flush, but the biggest pot of the night plays out between Hart and Kiki. It's a cooler on the turn with Hart turning a set while Kiki turns a straight. Kiki makes his move on the river as the pot eclipses $1,200,000. Can Hart get away, or will Kiki finish as the biggest winner of the night?
#5 - Episode 5
Season 16 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/16/2026
It's a brand-new lineup for this episode of High Stakes Poker as Alan Keating joins the game and sits behind a table-leading $500,000 in chips. He is joined by fan favorite Andrew Robl, DraftKings Co-Founder Matt Kalish, Monkey Tilt Founder Sam Kiki, Scratch CEO Sameh Elamawy, DoorDash Co-Founder Stanley Tang, two-time WSOP bracelet winner Santhosh Suvarna, and high-stakes poker player William Tjokro, as the stakes remain at a staggering $500/$1,000.
#6 - Episode 6
Season 16 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/16/2026
DraftKings Co-Founder Matt Kalish kicks off this new episode of High Stakes Poker with a stack of more than $1.4 million, and he immediately starts increasing it with pots against Sam Kiki, Sameh Elamawy, and Stanley Tang. However, the night truly belongs to Santhosh Suvarna as he is involved in two of the biggest pots in High Stakes Poker history. After first hitting a cooler on the flop against Alan Keating, he then flops big on Kalish in a pot of more than $2.4 million. On the final hand of the night, Santhosh and Kalish get involved in a pot that soars to more than $2.4 million. Will it be Kalish or Suvarna who goes home the big winner?
#7 - Episode 7
Season 16 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/16/2026
The stakes are $200/$400 on this new episode of High Stakes Poker as a brand-new lineup takes center stage. Fan favorite Andrew Robl is nestled behind $300,000 in chips, while Jennifer Tilly, Justin Gavri, Ryan Blank, and PokerGO Founder Cary Katz make their season debuts. Returning for the game are Monkey Tilt Co-Founder Sam Kiki and William Tjokro.
#8 - Episode 8
Season 16 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/16/2026
Monkey Tilt Co-Founder Sam Kiki opens this new episode of High Stakes Poker with a flush, while Andrew Robl makes trips. Santhosh Suvarna and Jennifer Tilly tangle with Tilly picking up chips in the next hand with a set. Justin Gavri loses his stack, but then wins a big one against Ryan Blank. Gavri finds pocket aces before Kiki wins the final two pots of the episode.