{"id":3589,"date":"2020-02-11T18:00:58","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T18:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moneypokersites.com\/news\/?p=3589"},"modified":"2020-02-11T18:00:58","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T18:00:58","slug":"high-stakes-poker-acquired-by-poker-central","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moneypokersites.com\/news\/high-stakes-poker-acquired-by-poker-central\/","title":{"rendered":"High Stakes Poker Acquired By Poker Central"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Poker Central announced the\nacquisition of the famous TV show<\/li><li>High Stakes Poker seasons to be\nstreamed for subscribers<\/li><li>Poker Central promise to\nproduce new seasons<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneypokersites.com\/news\/poker-central-announces-two-more-signature-events-for-london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Poker Central (opens in a new tab)\">Poker Central<\/a><\/strong>, the company that sponsors a number of high-stakes poker tournaments, among which the <strong>US Poker Open<\/strong> and the <strong>Super High Roller Bowl<\/strong>, announced that they have acquired the <strong>High Stakes Poker<\/strong> brand and all of its assets and expect to start\u00a0 streaming of poker content from all seven seasons of the classic show in the following months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"thrilling-poker-entertainment\">Thrilling Poker Entertainment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The TV show that\nstarted airing back in <strong>2006<\/strong> on <strong>Game Show Network<\/strong> \/<strong>GSN\/<\/strong> and until its falling apart in <strong>2011<\/strong>, after initially <strong>Full\nTilt<\/strong> pros stopped playing due to the introduction of <strong>PokerStars<\/strong> as a sponsor and then after <strong>Black Friday<\/strong> forced all online poker operators outside of the U.S.,\nfeatured a plethora of poker names such as <strong>Doyle\nBrunson<\/strong>, <strong>Sammy Farha<\/strong>, <strong>Daniel Negreanu<\/strong>, <strong>Jennifer Harman<\/strong>, <strong>Barry Greenstein<\/strong>,\n<strong>Mike Matusow<\/strong>, <strong>Jamie Gold<\/strong>, <strong>Phil Hellmuth<\/strong>,\n<strong>Tom Dwan<\/strong> and <strong>Phil Ivey<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HighStakesPoker?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HighStakesPoker<\/a> is coming back, but who has a seat in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BuffaloHanks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BuffaloHanks<\/a> dream lineup? \ud83d\udcb8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bkhHjQFmRq\">https:\/\/t.co\/bkhHjQFmRq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PokerCentralPod?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PokerCentralPod<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3qFcHCastO\">pic.twitter.com\/3qFcHCastO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Poker Central (@PokerCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PokerCentral\/status\/1225524137763975170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They all played in\na high stakes cash game with an initial buy-in of <strong>$100,000<\/strong>, being later raised to <strong>$500,000<\/strong>, and provided TV audience with the opportunity to immerse\nin the atmosphere of the game, even experience the emotions of the players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"poker-central-producer-link\">Poker Central Producer Link<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Poker Central\nhave a history of high stakes poker and the acquisition of the <strong>High Stakes Poker<\/strong> brand makes perfect\nsense with regards to the fact that the producer of all 7 seasons of thrilling\npoker content, Mori Eskandani, is now a <strong>Poker\nCentral <\/strong>executive producer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHigh Stakes Poker was raw and natural; we just let the players\nplay, and that\u2019s what made it so special. It\u2019s truly a dream come true to bring\nthe series to a new generation of poker fans and players, and we expect even\nmore action when the show returns with faces both new and old\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"exciting-hosts\">Exciting Hosts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Poker players\nwere not the only one to contribute to the exciting experience the show had\nbrought during the years it on air, as its hosts were equally popular, initially,\nlongtime poker player and comedian <strong>Gabe\nKaplan<\/strong>, partnered with <strong>AJ Benza<\/strong>,\nand the last two seasons bringing in <strong>Kara\nScott<\/strong> to replace Benza and later on Kaplan was replaced by <strong>Norm Macdonald<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"exquisite-atmosphere-of-luxury-and-glamour\">Exquisite Atmosphere of Luxury and Glamour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Casino atmosphere also played a huge part in the overall impression of the TV show, being filmed mainly in the <strong>Golden Nugget<\/strong>, with some episodes in the <strong>Palms<\/strong> and in <strong>South Point<\/strong> casinos, all in <strong>Las Vegas<\/strong>, and Poker Central intentions are \u201cto recapture the nostalgia and magic of the show\u201d by recreating the atmosphere and even produce new shows in the future to reflect on the \u201cpresent-day poker climate\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Image credit<\/strong>: Poker Central<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Poker Central announced the acquisition of the famous TV show High Stakes Poker seasons to be streamed for subscribers Poker Central promise to produce new seasons Poker Central, the company that sponsors a number of high-stakes poker tournaments, among which the US Poker Open and the Super High Roller Bowl, announced that they have acquired [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[16,179,315],"class_list":["post-3589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry","tag-acquisition","tag-high-stakes-poker","tag-poker-central"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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