by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Feb 01, '23

One of poker’s greatest shows is getting a new host. High Stakes Poker said goodbye last week to longtime commentator Gabe Kaplan, who announced his retirement after nine seasons on the program. PokerGO, the streaming service that revived the program in 2020, has announced that fan-favorite high roller announcer Nick Schulman will be taking his […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Dec 10, '20

The long-awaited eighth season of the highly popular cash game show High Stakes Poker is set to debut on Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 8:00 p.m. ET on PokerGO. A week before the first episode premieres, the identities of the hosts for the first season since 2011 were revealed. Gabe Kaplan and AJ Benza will return […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Jul 05, '23

Hundreds of poker fans joined a who’s who of the poker world on Sunday to honor the late Doyle Brunson at a special celebration of life ceremony. The event was open to the public, and a line to enter the Jubilee Theatre wrapped around the Horseshoe Las Vegas casino floor to get in. Brunson, who […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: May 20, '22

The action on High Stakes Poker on PokerGO continued with an absolutely stacked $500-$1,000 no-limit hold’em game that featured five original stars of the popular poker show. The lineup included Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Doyle Brunson, Tom Dwan, and Patrik Antonius, all of whom played on the first run of the program and were involved […]

by Steve Schult | Published: Feb 12, '22

One of the most popular shows in poker history has returned for a ninth season as High Stakes Poker comes back to PokerGO starting Feb. 21. The latest iteration of the show, and second season on poker’s premier streaming platform, once again features a mix of high-stakes pros and some amateur players that are both […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Aug 20, '25

Nick Schulman burst onto the poker scene as a 21-year-old whiz kid from New York City. He won the 2005 World Poker Tour World Poker Finals at Foxwoods for $2,167,600, becoming the youngest champion in the tour’s history. Over the next two decades, Schulman crafted one of the most impressive poker careers imaginable. He owns […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Jun 23, '22

Short deck has carved out a key role on the high-stakes tournament circuit in recent years, having first exploded in popularity in big Asian cash games midway through the 2010s. The game is similar to the standard no-limit hold’em, but is played with just 36 cards instead of 52. The deuces through fives of each […]

by Steve Schult | Published: Feb 03, '22

One of the most popular shows in poker history has returned for a ninth season as High Stakes Poker comes back to PokerGO in February. The latest iteration of the show, and second season on poker’s premier streaming platform, once again features a mix of high-stakes pros and some amateur players that are both skilled […]

by Steve Schult | Published: May 13, '21

In the nearly two decades since poker experienced a boom thanks to Chris Moneymaker’s historic World Series of Poker main event victory in 2003, the strategy surrounding the game has evolved at a pace never seen before. With online poker, the game’s best players were able to see more hands quickly and develop more complex […]

by Steve Schult | Published: Mar 31, '21

AJ Benza didn’t grow up playing cards, and has never gambled for massive sums of money, but the New York City native has become entrenched in the poker world for his work on one of the most iconic shows the industry has seen. Benza co-hosted High Stakes Poker with Gabe Kaplan for the first five […]