The High Stakes Poker, the highly popular poker show exclusively produced for GSN by Poker PRO-ductions, has announced that it will be back in Las Vegas for a fifth season with even bigger stakes. The Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas was again selected to host the new season from December 19^th to 21^st and players will need to bring more check books since the tournament’s buy-in has been raised from $100,000 to $200,000 for this year’s season.

“High Stakes Poker, by a wide margin, has become a must-see on GSN for poker players and poker fans all over the world. We are happy to bring back the top amateurs and professionals risking hundreds of thousands of their money in the new season.” said the show's executive producer and recent Poker Hall-of-Fame inductee Henry Orenstein.

The “High Stakes Poker” is the first show to exclusively feature high stakes games instead of regular tournaments, during the previous seasons, the show gathered some of the best and most successful players on the planet, including names such as Eli Elezra, Patrik Antonius, David Benyamine, Doyle Brunson, Guy Laliberte, Gabe Kaplan, Phil Laak, John Juanda, Gus Hansen, Jamie Gold, Phil Hellmuth, Jennifer Harman, Erick Lindgren and Daniel Negreanu among others. The fifth season lineup will be announced in the next weeks but executives are guaranteeing that nobody will be disappointed.

“I am very excited about the mix of players that we will bring together for this next season of High Stakes Poker. Viewers are in for a thrill,” said Mori Eskandani, “High Stakes Poker” Executive Producer.