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!
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 11
Season 11 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/30/2023
Jean-Robert Bellande kicks off this episode of High Stakes Poker playing some very unconnected suited cards before he makes a big fold to Rick Salomon. Salomon picks off a bluff by Brandon Steven before he bluffs into Jennifer Tilly's straight. Bellande goes on a heater, winning pots with king-high and ten-high before he turns the goods with a straight. However, the end of the episode belongs to Salomon as he coolers Bellande and Steven. Salomon first makes a bigger full house on Bellande and then flops set-over-set on Steven to rocket his chip stack to over $900,000.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - Episode 1
Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/7/2023
The 11th season of High Stakes Poker is here, and it opens with the biggest game in High Stakes Poker history with $1,000/$2,000 No-Limit Hold'em and a $500,000 minimum buy-in. Rick Salomon, Andrew Robl, Jean-Robert Bellande, Charles Yu, and Eric Persson all make their return to High Stakes Poker, while Rob Yong and Ferdinand Putra make their High Stakes Poker debut in this huge cash game.
#6 - Episode 2
Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/14/2023
With nearly $5 million on the table, this episode of High Stakes Poker kicks off with a massive $1 million pot between Jean-Robert Bellande and Charles Yu. The game gets a new arrival with Eric Persson taking a seat, and he immediately gets involved in the action playing a huge pot with Rob Yong. Persson doesn't shy away from playing pots, while Yu makes a mammoth call on the river in another hand against Bellande. The rich continue to get richer as Andrew Robl pushes his stack to $2.2 million after he sends a player home.
#7 - Episode 3
Season 11 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/21/2023
Does Andrew Robl ever miss? Jean-Robert Bellande doesn't think so, and on this episode of High Stakes Poker, it proves to be the truth as Robl continues to win pots off Bellande. The action cools for Robl when he gets involved in hands with Rob Yong, while Rick Salomon makes some big hands and gets paid off as Bellande ends this episode needing to get some fresh air after a horrible run of luck.
#8 - Episode 4
Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/28/2023
The first-ever bomb pot in the history of High Stakes Poker kicks off this episode as Rob Yong hits some big hands out of the gate and forces Rick Salomon to top up. Big hands favor Charles Yu and Andrew Robl before the game turns into 'Who can make the bigger bluff?' as Salomon does Jean-Robert Bellande dirty with four-deuce. Bellande manages some revenge to close out this episode as more than $6.4 million sits on the table among the six players.
#9 - Episode 5
Season 11 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/4/2023
With over $6.4 million on the table in this episode of High Stakes Poker, Andrew Robl wants to win it all. Robl takes on Jean-Robert Bellande before waking up with pocket kings and taking a chunk from Rick Salomon. Ferdinand Putra rides a little heater before Bellande's luck turns in a preflop clash with pocket kings. It was not a great night for Salomon, and the final blow would come with his pocket kings going down to Putra's lucky flop.
#10 - Episode 6
Season 11 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/11/2023
It is the last night with this lineup playing the highest stakes in the history of High Stakes Poker, and Andrew Robl continues to chase being the session's biggest winner. Big hands are dealt on this episode, with aces, kings, and sets falling everywhere. After being stacked by Robl, Yu fights back and chips away at his losses, while Ferdinand Putra chips up. After a tough few sessions, Jean-Robert Bellande begins turning it all around after being dealt pocket aces not once but twice. Will he get the double to end the session as the big winner?
#11 - Episode 7
Season 11 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/2/2023
It's a brand new line-up on this episode of High Stakes Poker as Andrew Robl, Rob Yong, Stanley Tang, Jean-Robert Bellande, Rick Salomon, and Jennifer Tilly return to play $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em. Making their debut on High Stakes Poker are actor and model William Tjokro and businessman Bob Bright.
#12 - Episode 8
Season 11 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/9/2023
This episode of High Stakes Poker begins positively for DoorDash co-founder Stanley Tang, but it soon heads the other way, courtesy of Jennifer Tilly. Rick Salomon coolers Bob Bright twice, but the businessman manages to get away both times before eventually getting one back on Salomon. By the end of this episode, Rob Yong is sick of flushes as Salomon, Tilly, and Andrew Robl all make flushes to take pots away from the Brit.
#13 - Episode 9
Season 11 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/16/2023
It's a brand-new episode of High Stakes Poker as Rob Yong, Stanley Tang, Ferdinand Putra, and Jennifer Tilly all return. After a season away, Jason Koon is back on High Stakes Poker, while Farah Galfond and Matt Berkey make their High Stakes Poker debut in this $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em cash game.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - Episode 12
Season 11 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/6/2023
Rick Salomon runs hotter than the sun on this episode of High Stakes Poker as he turns a chop into a scoop when he rivers a flush, then hits another flush in a multiway pot. His biggest run of luck comes against Brandon Steven when they run it twice, and Salomon cracks Steven's pocket kings twice. Salomon then wins a big pot off Bobo Chann with a full house, while Justin Gavri gets involved and drags a few pots, including one with aces. Chann's luck continues to run southward when his pocket kings are rivered by Jennifer Tilly to conclude this line-up playing together for Season 11 with King Rick sitting behind a chip stack worth more than $1.2 million.
#17 - Episode 13
Season 11 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/13/2023
The final lineup of Season 11 of High Stakes Poker is here with Doug Polk, Jennifer Tilly, Matt Berkey, Jean-Robert Bellande, Lynne Ji, Rob Yong, and Eric Persson all taking a seat in this $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em cash game. Those seven players will all welcome High Stakes Poker debutant Nik Airball to the game to close out the biggest season in High Stakes Poker history.
#18 - Episode 14
Season 11 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/20/2023
The red wine is flowing on the season finale of High Stakes Poker, and this episode begins with flushes falling in the direction of Doug Polk and Nik Airball. Fortune falls to Rob Yong as he wins a $500k pot off Polk and another small one with pocket jacks before he exits for the evening. Eric Persson wakes up and hits a big river on Polk while Jean-Robert Bellande runs it once and flops some magic to stay in the game. The final episode of Season 11 concludes with Jennifer Tilly flopping a set and playing an exciting pot against Nik Airball to close out the season.
#19 - Episode 1
Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/19/2024
The 12th season of High Stakes Poker is here, and it opens with a mix of new faces and old. Andrew Robl, Jean-Robert Bellande, and Jennifer Tilly headline the $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em cash game while Santhosh Suvarna, Justin Gavri, Vivian Yang, Andrew Pacheco, and Andrew Sasson join the mix to open Season 12.
#20 - Episode 2
Season 12 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/26/2024
The double straddle is on to begin this episode of High Stakes Poker, and it is Santhosh Suvarna who starts on fire by winning a pot with ace-king and then making two flushes. Jennifer Tilly runs into two full houses before Justin Gavri gets it in twice with a suited ace and survives. The biggest pots come at the expense of Andrew Sasson as he is dealt a cooler when he flops a set against Andrew Pacheco, and it's the second-best hand. Sasson then strikes his gin card on the river in a pot against Andrew Robl, but his hand is second best again. Pacheco ends the final episode with this lineup by flopping a monster against Tilly.
#21 - Episode 3
Season 12 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/4/2024
It's a brand-new lineup on this episode of High Stakes Poker with Andrew Robl leading the likes of Jean-Robert Bellande, Santhosh Suvarna, Justin Gavri, and Vivian Yang back to the table. Nik Airball and Chino Rheem make their season debut, while Phil Laak returns to High Stakes Poker for the first time in nearly 13 years!
#22 - Episode 4
Season 12 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/11/2024
Justin Gavri heads towards the exit early on this episode of High Stakes Poker after bricking one of the biggest draws in poker. The run good of Andrew Robl continues as he sends Chino Rheem reaching for chips before hitting a few good cards to make a straight and then a flush. Nik Airball begins to turn his luck around as he hits two big river cards against Rheem and Santhosh Suvarna, while Vivian Yang applies some pressure with a big bluff.
#23 - Episode 5
Season 12 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/18/2024
That cash looks so sweet on this episode of High Stakes Poker as the bricks of cash on the table enter the middle on several occasions. Brandon Adams returns to High Stakes Poker since Season 8 and picks off two big pots from Chino Rheem and Andrew Robl. It's not the night for Santhosh Suvarna as he folds the best hand to a flop shove before being coolered by Jean-Robert Bellande. Suvarna then loses a three-way all-in pot after running it twice before Nik Airball finishes him off with a set.
#24 - Episode 6
Season 12 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/25/2024
The stakes are rising with a brand-new lineup playing $1,000/$2,000 No-Limit Hold'em on this episode of High Stakes Poker. Brandon Adams, Stanley Tang, Santhosh Suvarna, Justin Gavri, Andrew Robl, and Nik Airball all return to the High Stakes Poker table to play some big pots mixed in with some bad beats and brutal runouts.
#25 - Episode 7
Season 12 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/1/2024
It is all action for Nik Airball on this episode of High Stakes Poker as he trips up Andrew Robl and then turns a flush. Santhosh Suvarna and Brandon Adams each make straights and follow that by being dealt some premium pocket pairs. Suvarna hits a big river on Airball before sending Stanley Tang to the rebuy cage. Charles Yu joins in the action late and is immediately put to the test by Adams.