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 17
Season 15 - Episode 17 - Aired 12/23/2025
The Season 15 finale of High Stakes Poker has arrived, and for Justin Gavri, it is one he wishes he wasn't around to witness, thanks to Andrew Robl. Robl started the episode off with a nasty river card against the Professor, but then turned it all around by gambling with Gavri. They gamble preflop for $50,000 each twice, and then $80,000 each, before the final nail in the coffin at $100,000, as Gavri gets scooped each time by the smiling assassin that is Robl. An incredible way to end another season of High Stakes Poker!
#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 3
Season 15 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/23/2025
Full houses here, there, and everywhere on this episode of High Stakes Poker. Andrew Robl, Kirk Brown, and Kevin Hart all scoop in big pots with full houses, while Hart gets through a bluff on Sam Kiki with four-high. Brown tries to bluff in a bigger spot, but gets picked off and then is forced to rebuy after being on the losing side of a flush-over-flush cooler against Hart. Brown runs it back against Hart and gets some revenge as Feinstein finishes as the big winner with more than $1.3 million in his stack.
#15 - Episode 5
Season 15 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/23/2025
Another new player takes a seat as Justin Gavri makes his season debut on High Stakes Poker. Stanley Tang wins a big one off Kirk Brown after a cooler flop, while Sameh Elamawy outdraws Andrew Robl on the turn. Kevin Hart doubles through Robl, but then is forced to rebuy after he bricks his flush draw against Robl. Hart then goes on a late rush picking up pocket aces, turning a straight against Gavri, and then winning a $900,000 pot against Robl.
#16 - Episode 4
Season 15 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/23/2025
Andrew Sasson enters the mix on this episode of High Stakes Poker, and he's immediately thrown into it when he's at-risk with a combo draw against Darin Feinstein. Kevin Hart is bluffed twice, but begins to rebound, picking up some pots to close out the episode until he is dealt pocket kings and disaster strikes against Kirk Brown.
#17 - Episode 16
Season 15 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/23/2025
The penultimate episode for this season of High Stakes Poker begins with Justin Gavri hitting his flush and then rivering a straight. Andrew Pacheco and Jon Isaac each take pots from Andrew Robl, but Robl quickly rebounds by being on the right side of a preflop cooler between big pairs. Nik Airball scoops Gavri after they run it twice, while the episode ends with Pacheco forcing Professor to fold the same hand in a big pot.
#18 - Episode 15
Season 15 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/23/2025
The final line-up for Season 15 of High Stakes Poker sees Nik Airball and Andrew Pacheco make their season debuts. They are joined by Andrew Robl, Justin Gabri, Steve Swedlow, Jon Isaac, and the Professor for this $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em cash game.
#19 - Episode 14
Season 15 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/23/2025
The final episode of High Stakes Poker with this line-up sees an action-packed episode for Sean Dempsey. He flops a set, picks up pocket aces, turns a straight, and flops a straight. Dempsey then gets away from pocket kings on the river before getting lucky to win one board against Sameh Elamawy's pocket aces. The final few hands of the episode sees a new player enter the mix to make it a family affair as Tim Robl, father of Andrew, plays a few hands with the boys.
#20 - Episode 13
Season 15 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/23/2025
Jennifer Tilly starts this episode of High Stakes Poker with a bang by firstly flopping a straight and then turning one to double. Sameh Elamawy wins a big one with pocket kings before getting lucky on the river against Andrew Robl. Justin Gavri wins two big pots against Robl, and then strikes his flush on the river before the episode ends with Elamawy going runner-runner to make two pair, but it wouldn't be enough against Robl's flopped set.
#21 - Episode 12
Season 15 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/23/2025
A new line-up takes center stage on this episode of High Stakes Poker as Jennifer Tilly makes her season debut. She will be joined by Andrew Robl, Scratch CEO Sameh Elamawy, Justin Gavri, Steve Swedlow, Sean Dempsey, and Jon Isaac, making his debut for this $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em cash game.
#22 - Episode 11
Season 15 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/23/2025
Justin Gavri loses the opening hand on this episode of High Stakes Poker, but he immediately gets some chips back when he shoves his combo draw on the turn against Andrew Robl. A series of chopped pots occurs when the all-ins are run twice, before Sameh Elamawy and Eric Hicks decide to run it three times so that at least someone wins. Elamaway gets the better of Hicks in two additional pots to send him home early, while the hand of the episode sees Jeremy Stein incorrectly fold the nut straight to Professor's bluff.
#23 - Episode 10
Season 15 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/23/2025
Two pair falls left and right to start this episode of High Stakes Poker before Andrew Robl turns a wheel. Sameh Elamawy outdraws pocket queens, and Robl fires one bluff too many as he is picked off by Elamawy's flush. Professor flops a flush and has Steve Swedlow shove all-in drawing nearly dead before Robl runs his stack up to $1.18 million after he smacks the turn with pocket kings and gets the better of Elamawy.
#24 - Episode 9
Season 15 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/23/2025
It's a brand-new line-up for this episode of High Stakes Poker as Professor makes his debut. He is joined by Andrew Robl, Scratch CEO Sameh Elamawy, Eric Hicks, Just Gavri, Steve Swedlow, and Jeremy Stein for this $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em cash game.
#25 - Episode 8
Season 15 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/23/2025
This episode of High Stakes Poker is one that Darin Feinstein would like to forget. He runs into Andrew Robl's pocket jacks, then folds the best hand to Antonio Esfandiari, and then loses a flip to Robl. Feinstein plays a three-way pot totalling $1.2 million, and although he had the best hand on the flop, things turned south on the turn and on the multiple runouts before the last of his chips head to Esfandiari. Robl pressures Esfandiari in a huge pot worth more than $629,000 with just bottom pair. Will Esfandiari sniff out Robl's semi-bluff or make the big fold?