The WORST episodes of High Stakes Poker
Every episode of High Stakes Poker ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of High Stakes Poker!
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#1 - Episode 12
Season 13 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/28/2024
The pocket rockets continue to flow freely on this episode of High Stakes Poker as Sameh Elamawy and Jennifer Tilly pick up early pots with them before Chamath Palihapitiya looks down at aces also and takes on Jeff Housenbold's pocket queens. Tilly finds herself all-in with pocket jacks and then is bluffed off top pair before Housenbold's night gets worse when Stanley Dang turns a full house. Tang picks up another pot with a flush as Palihapitiya closes the Season 13 finale with a double up after flopping two pair.
#2 - Episode 13
Season 9 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/16/2022
A new set of players take a seat on this episode of High Stakes Poker as Daniel Negreanu, Stanley Tang, Phil Ivey, Jonathan Gibbs, Tom Dwan, Jason Koon, Patrik Antonius, and Doyle Brunson play $500/$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em. The episode kicks off with one of the hands of the season, while both Dwan and Antonius take their turn to drag big pots throughout the episode.
#3 - Episode 9
Season 10 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/21/2023
The tenth season of High Stakes Poker continues with an all-new lineup featuring Eric Persson, Stanley Tang, Jennifer Tilly, Stanley Choi, Andrew Robl, Jean-Robert Bellande, and Daniel Negreanu playing $200/400 No-Limit Hold'em.
#4 - Episode 10
Season 10 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/11/2023
Jean-Robert Bellande looks down at pocket aces not once, not twice, but three times on this episode of High Stakes Poker. Eric Persson flops the nuts twice but also gives back to Bellande in two spots. After losing with pocket jacks, Stanley Tang goes on a little heater to close out the episode, while Andrew Robl believes that three-deuce is worth $45,000 preflop!
#5 - Episode 11
Season 10 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/18/2023
Nothing beats looking down at a big pocket pair, and for Daniel Negreanu on this episode of High Stakes Poker, nothing is better than when they improve to a set. It's another huge episode for Jean-Robert Bellande as he plays an all-in pot with pocket kings against Jennifer Tilly before Stanley Tang goes all-in with a flush and straight draw. Eric Persson has an up-and-down night making some big bluffs before he loses a big pot to Andrew Robl, who finds a fortunate river card.
#6 - Episode 12
Season 10 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/25/2023
It's the final episode with this lineup of players, and it begins with Stanley Choi picking up several pots with big hands and well-timed bluffs. Jean-Robert Bellande gets sneaky with ace-king when he flops top pair and plays a massive pot against Eric Persson. Persson makes a big move on the river and puts Bellande into a tough spot, and even after the hand concludes, both players continue to jar at each other throughout the remainder of the episode.
#7 - Episode 15
Season 10 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/16/2023
The final line-up from Season 10 of High Stakes Poker is here with Ben Lamb and Charles Yu making their debuts. They'll be joined by Eric Persson, Bill Klein, Stanley Choi, Eric Hicks, and Daniel Negreanu to play $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em.
#8 - Episode 16
Season 10 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/23/2023
Poker is hard, but not for Daniel Negreanu or Ben Lamb on this episode of High Stakes Poker. Both players are hit by the deck early as Lamb rivers trips not once but twice. Negreanu battles back and forth with Eric Persson and has the better of him each time. Bill Klein is outdrawn by Negreanu in two pots, but he ends the episode with a successful bluff against Eric Hicks.
#9 - Episode 17
Season 10 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/30/2023
It's the final episode of Season 10 on High Stakes Poker, and it kicks off with Bill Klein explaining why he always wears a hat when playing poker. Lamb's hot run continues when he wins a small pot with just quads, but then makes a bad fold to Daniel Negreanu. Negreanu then tangles with Stanley Choi and bets big on the river with the best hand. Pots go the way of Klein and Charles Yu, while Eric Hicks plays two big ones against Lamb and Choi. The final hand of the season has Negreanu at the mercy of the deck against Lamb as the tenth season of High Stakes Poker concludes.
#10 - Episode 9
Season 12 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/22/2024
It's a new night and a brand-new episode of High Stakes Poker, but the boys are all back to play $1,000/$2,000 No-Limit Hold'em. Santhosh Suvarna, Charles Yu, Stanley Tang, Nik Airball, Brandon Adams, and Andrew Robl all sit down with $500,000. Robl starts off hot with a few big hands before he cuts down pocket aces in a $500k pot. Suvarna wins possibly the biggest pot of the season, while Robl rivers Adams and then freerolls Airball when they both have a straight. The episode closes with a cooler for Stanley Tang against Charles Yu in a pot that eclipses $630k.
#11 - Episode 10
Season 12 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/29/2024
It's a night of bluffs on this episode of High Stakes Poker as Nik Airball, Charles Yu, and Stanley Tang get one past their opponents. Things don't fall Andrew Robl's way, as he is outdrawn and then coolered by Tang before he has Santhosh Suvarna hit a runner-runner flush. Brandon Adams' night isn't much better either, and he runs it twice on his two all-in pots with the best hand and is unable to scoop.
#12 - Episode 11
Season 12 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/6/2024
It's a better start to this episode of High Stakes Poker for Brandon Adams, as he makes back-to-back straights and then a full house. Santhosh Suvarna cracks Stanley Tang's pocket kings. Adams's run of hot cards ends in a cooler when his trips are second-best to Tang's straight flush before Nik Airball and Charles Yu pick up some pots to close out the penultimate episode of the season.
#13 - Episode 12
Season 12 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/13/2024
The Season 12 finale of High Stakes Poker opens with Santhosh Suvarna and Charles Yu nursing chip stacks over $1,000,000. Nik Airball and Stanley Tang play a huge pot that gets chopped before Airball flops a set of sevens and then sixes. Unfortunately for Airball, his set of sixes goes into the muck once Charles Yu turns up the heat. The season finale concludes with big pocket pairs, an outdraw, and then one last suckout on the river.
#14 - Episode 9
Season 13 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/7/2024
Justin Gavri opens this episode of High Stakes Poker by playing back-to-back four-bet pots before Nik Airball scoops some chips his way. Gavri is dealt another big pair and wins a $244,000 pot before Sameh Elamawy runs the biggest bluff of the season on Humboldt Mike. Stanley Tang hits trip deuces on Brandon Steven before he returns the favor on Tang's pocket aces. Steven remains active to close out this episode, including hitting a nasty river on Tang to win nearly a $300,000 pot.
#15 - Episode 11
Season 13 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/21/2024
It's a brand-new lineup to close out the 13th season of High Stakes Poker, and Phil Hellmuth is back in the mix. The Poker Brat is joined by venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya, Scratch CEO Sameh Elamawy, DoorDash Co-Founder Stanley Tang, Beast Industries President Jeff Housenbold, Hollywood actress Jennifer Tilly, and high-stakes poker players Andrew Robl and Nik Airball for this $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em cash game.
#16 - Episode 3
Season 13 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/12/2024
It's a brand-new lineup on this episode of High Stakes Poker with Andrew Robl headlining many returning players, including Sameh Elamawy, Bo Brownstein, Jennifer Tilly, Masato Yokosawa, and Justin Gavri. New players to join the crew for some $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em include Brandon Steven and Andrew Pacheco.
#17 - Episode 14
Season 10 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/9/2023
Jean-Robert Bellande and Jeremy Stein dominate this episode of High Stakes Poker as the action begins with Stein being dealt some monster hands to send his chip stack upwards. Eric Hicks celebrates his birthday with a hand-delivered birthday cake while everything keeps going the way of Stein. The episode closes with Bellande winning pots off Stanley Choi and Alan Keating.
#18 - Episode 10
Season 11 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/23/2023
It's a brand-new episode of High Stakes Poker as Rob Yong, Rick Salomon, Jennifer Tilly, and Jean-Robert Bellande all return. After two seasons away, businessman Brandon Steven is back on High Stakes Poker, while Bobo Chann and Justin Gavri make their High Stakes Poker debut in this $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em cash game.
#19 - Episode 1
Season 13 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/29/2024
The 13th season of High Stakes Poker is here, and it opens with a mix of new faces and old. Andrew Robl and Jennifer Tilly headling the $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em cash game, while Justin Gavri, Sameh Elamawy, Bo Brownstein, Masato Yokosawa, and Sean Dempsey join in on the action.
#20 - Episode 4
Season 13 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/19/2024
Sameh Elamawy kicks off this episode of High Stakes Poker with a sneaky limp-raise with pocket aces before he gets Justin Gavri to fold the best hand. Masato Yokosawa goes runner-runner to make a straight before Gavri reaches for a rebuy after a triple-barrel bluff goes wrong. Andrew Pacheco has the deck fall his way before Elamaway continues his heater in hands against Jennifer Tilly, Andrew Robl, and Brandon Steven. The episode closes with Tilly and Robl going to war in a big pot where one is stacked and rebuys.
#21 - Episode 6
Season 13 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/2/2024
The stakes are going up on this episode of High Stakes Poker as a new lineup of players battle away at $500/$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em. Andrew Robl, Sameh Elamawy, Jennifer Tilly, Justin Gavri, and Brandon Steven all return for some high-stakes action, while Nik Airball and DoorDash Co-Founder Stanley Tang make their Season 13 debut. Humboldt Mike also joins in the mix to make his High Stakes Poker debut in one of the biggest games in the show's history.
#22 - Episode 5
Season 13 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/26/2024
Sometimes sets are good, and sometimes they're bad. Brandon Steven starts off this episode running into the goods, while Sameh Elamawy battles a bluff with a bigger bluff. Andrew Pacheco is forced to dig out a rebuy in a hand against Jennifer Tilly, while Justin Gavri goes on a late rush, picking off an Elamawy bluff and then felting Brownstein. The biggest hand of the night belongs to Elamawy and Andrew Robl, who play a $981k pot with two of the best hands in poker.
#23 - Episode 7
Season 13 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/23/2024
After making a great fold to kick off this episode of High Stakes Poker, DoorDash Co-Founder Stanley Tang gets involved in a pot with Sameh Elamawy and wins both runouts. Tang also hits a few big hands when he makes a flush against Nik Airball, and then runs two big bluffs against Jennifer Tilly and Andrew Robl. Humboldt Mike hits a big turn card against Brandon Steven, but Steven avenges the runout with his own runner-runner runout to make quads before flopping trips a few hands later.
#24 - Episode 8
Season 13 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/30/2024
This episode of High Stakes Poker begins with a cooler flop for Humboldt Mike and Nik Airball as Sameh Elamawy scoops a $500,000 pot. Humboldt Mike then runs a huge bluff against Elamawy and Jennifer Tilly and shows it before a $700,000 pot plays out between Andrew Robl and Nik Airball as they run it twice. Tilly is hit with a cold deck to close out the episode as she runs into two big hands of Stanley Tang, then makes a fold against Brandon Steven, before the ultimate cooler of running the second nuts into the nuts.
#25 - Episode 10
Season 13 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/14/2024
There is absolute chaos on this episode of High Stakes Poker with huge pots left and right. Justin Gavri kicks things off by winning a pot from Andrew Robl with a flush before he doubles against Humboldt Mike in a pot worth $473,000. Humboldt Mike then pays off Sameh Elamaway as Jennifer Tilly hits the river on Brandon Steven, but Tilly's luck comes to an end in a $599,000 pot against Steven. Humboldt Mike takes a $445,000 pot off Tang in a cooler, but Tang then returns the favor when he goes runner-runner. The biggest pot of the night is then played out between Tang and Elamaway with one player scooping both pots to win $765,000 as two players end the session with over $1.1 million in their stack.