Confirmada segunda temporada de High Stakes Poker

Amigos, a rede GSN já começou a divulgar a volta de High Stakes Poker para o dia 5 de junho. Segue abaixo uma matéria sobre o retorno da nossa série predileta.


Perhaps one of the most realistic looks at the poker world is about to end its first season run come Monday, April 10th. GSN's 'High Stakes Poker' has pulled back the curtain and displayed the world of high dollar No Limit Texas Hold Em by putting some of the best in the world on display for the last thirteen weeks. Showing the popularity of the series as well with the viewers, "High Stakes Poker" has also been picked up for another season GSN announced on Wednesday.
"As the only poker cash game on television, this series lets fans learn how the poker legends play when risking huge amounts of their own money," said Rich Cronin, President and CEO of GSN. "High Stakes Poker" has exceeded our expectations and we are looking forward to the second season for this exciting, one of a kind poker show." The executive producer of the show, Henry Orenstein, remarked as well about the show when he stated, "Every week on Tuesday after the show, I get calls from my poker friends from all over the country telling me how much they enjoyed "High Stakes Poker". They tell me that they love the show because this is real poker with real money and you can learn a lot from it."

The numbers tell the story about the success of "High Stakes Poker" in its Monday 9PM time slot on GSN. Poker players have been quite pleased with the overall approach of the program and "High Stakes Poker" has also increased viewership on GSN as well. The show has increased the audience by 79% over previous GSN offerings and has doubled the viewers in the Male 18-49 range and tripled the numbers in the Male 25-54, which are two prime segments that television looks at to judge the success of television programming.

Three big names will sit down again at the "High Stakes Poker" table, bringing their own money to the tables for the sixteen week Season Two competition. Daniel Negreanu, Sam Farha and Doyle Brunson are all committed to the second season of the program, where the minimum a player can buy in for is $100,000 and, once busted, can buy back in for a minimum of $50,000. Returning to host the proceedings will be A. J. Benza and poker player/commentator/actor Gabe Kaplan, who have done an admirable job of commentary during the run of the first season of the event.

The poker played in the first season of "High Stakes Poker" has been an excellent demonstration of poker skill and it has also demonstrated some of the idiosyncrasies that are inherent in a cash game setting (such as "drawing twice" on hands, something not seen on tournament broadcasts). It is also a further statement to the television success of poker that GSN has picked it up for a second season.