13, 2020) – The World Series of Poker (WSOP) today announced plans to host 2020’s hybrid online and live version of the $10,000 No-Limit Hold-Em World Championship, known better to poker players and fans as the Main Event. The Main Event will begin for international players on Sunday, Nov. 29 and domestically on Sunday, Dec. Without any introductions, let's jump to The List of 12 Best Poker Tools and Poker Software! Holdem Manager 3 or Poker Tracker 4. Tracking poker software is necessary for everyone who is playing seriously. Right now poker is all about having information on your opponents and these programs do the job in the best possible way.

When it aired on the Game Show Network (GSN) from 2006-11, High Stakes Poker cemented its legacy as one of the most popular poker shows ever made through its 98-episode run. Now, after a near-decade hiatus, the show is set to return this Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 8 p.m. ET on PokerGO.

Not only is the show, which recorded earlier this year at PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino, once again helmed by the original producer and Poker Hall of Famer Mori Eskandani, news broke earlier this week that the show’s original hosts Gabe Kaplan and AJ Benza would return for commentary duties. New episodes are slated to air every Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET.

A.J. Benza & @GabeKaplan return to High Stakes Poker as hosts of the ALL NEW Season 8!

— PokerGO (@PokerGO)

“It’s been nine years since new episodes of the legendary ‘High Stakes Poker’ series have been created,” Eskandani told TheWrap in their mainstream preview of the show. “With this show being such a favorite among fans, it was important to us to capture the exhilarating spirit of the game in a way that makes it come to life through each viewer’s screen. When our audience tunes in, we want them to feel the energy of each player in the game, and we’ve worked faithfully to make that happen.”

The cash games will be played either $200/$400 or $400/$800 no-limit hold’em with a big blind ante in play.

For the first episode of Season 8, the game will be 400/$800 NLH with a minimum buy-in of $200,000. The lineup includes Tom Dwan, Jean-Robert Bellande, Rick Salomon, Nick Petrangelo, Brandon Steven, former MLB pitcher Michael Schwimer, and Bryn Kenney, who is one of a few poker pros making their High Stakes Poker debut.

Here's a look at those who will be playing in Season 8 as revealed by the trailer:

• Phil Ivey
• Tom Dwan
• Jean-Robert Bellande
• Bryn Kenney
• Rick Salomon
• Chamath Palihapitiya
• Brandon Steven
• Nick Petrangelo
• Phil Hellmuth
• Doug Polk
• Michael Schwimer
• Brandon Adams
• James Bord
• Lazaro Hernandez
• Damien LeForbes
• Jake Daniels
• Lynne Ji

Remember, the show is only available to PokerGO subscribers. If you’re not currently subscribed, you can get a monthly subscription for $14.99, a three-month plan for $29.99, and an annual subscription for $99.99.

_{*Images courtesy of PokerGO.}

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There is one fun fact that you have probably never heard about. Did you know that there are 100 million poker players in the world? Only 60 million of them are from the USA.

From these 100 million poker players only a handful will make it into the professional poker scene like Bryn Kenney or Daniel Negreanu. A player earns the right to call himself professional when his daily job is to play poker and can sustain all his economic needs from this practice. This requires learning, practice and patience. The place most of them started was playing small stakes tables at trusted online casinos or poker rooms, such as the ones you can find at holdemrealmoney.com. New players can test the waters by claiming no deposit bonuses or entering free poker tournaments before even deciding if they want to join one of these sites.

Now let’s take a look at the top 5 poker players in 2020.

1. Bryn Kenney – Best Poker Player in the World

Net Worth 2020: 55 million

As we said, the biggest number of poker players is located in the USA. Because of this, it doesn’t need to surprise us why a person from the United States is the best poker player in the world.
Bryn Kenney’s career started in 2007. Since then his success kept growing. For instance, he won a WSOP bracelet in 2014 at the $1500 10-game Mix 6- Handed event. Despite that, he has made amazing 7 final WSOP tables and cashed 32 times. This includes the 28th place when he was involved in the Main Event in 2010.

Believe it or not, his largest single cash was made in 2017. The value of that single cash was $2 million dollars! Since then, Bryn Kenney usually ended top-five finishes on most of the tournaments.
In 2019, he earned a huge amount of money at the Triton Million. He finished in third place and earned around $20.5 million dollars.

The current net worth of the best poker player in the world is $55.5 million dollars!

2. Justin Bonomo

Net Worth 2020: 45 million

As you see, we have another American as the second best poker player in the world. Actually, Justin Bonomo was in the first place previously. Two years ago, he won the 2018 WSOP $1 million Big One for One Drop. In that tournament, he earned $10 million dollars! That reward pushed got him to first place. Yet, Bryn Kenny pushed him away from the spot.

2018 was the year of Bonomo with some amazing wins whenever he played. It seemed that he knows which moves his opponents are going to make. Believe it or not, he had 10 wins in a row from different events across the entire world. One of them was the May Aria Super High Roller Bowl. Winning the reward on that event brought him $5 million dollars. He also played at Macau Super High Roller Bowl where he earned another $4.8 million dollars.

Currently, Justin Bonomo net worth is around $45 million dollars.

3. Daniel Negreanu

Net Worth 2020: 42 million

The third best poker player in the world is the Canadian – Daniel Negreanu.

People that follow poker actively know that the nickname of this player is “Kid Poker”. Well, just because he is currently in the third place that doesn’t mean his career was always amazing. He spent considerable time to find himself on the list of best poker players of all time.

Still, he had some huge hits. Believe it or not this guy won six WSOP bracelets. He reached the final tables for 38 times and he has cashed 108 times. This includes the 11th place that he won in 2001 and 2015 WSOP Main Events.

We need to mention one thing that many poker experts have noticed. Negreanu has an unbelievable ability to read his opponents and shift his playing style accordingly. That’s probably the reason why he is one of the best poker players ever.

Daniel Negreanu net worth is around $42 million dollars thanks to this entertaining game. He is definitely one of the most famous poker players of all time for his charisma with fans and media.

4. Dan Smith

Net Worth 2020: 37 million

Well, many people will tell you that Dan Smith is not a vocal player. Yet, step-by-step he succeeded to reach the All-Time Money List.

Everything has changed 8 years ago because 2012 was a turning point in Dan’s career. He won the first place at the Aussie Million Poker Championship $100.000 NHLE event. At that event, he won around $1.04 million dollars. Yet, there is one more amazing thing that he did 6 years ago. In only 4 days, he won three NLHE events in Monte Carlo. That was probably the biggest win that he achieved during his entire career.

In 2018 he made it to the top 6 players in the world by ending 3rd place in 2018 WSOP Big One for One Drop cashing $4 million dollars. Despite that, his biggest career cash was at the Triton

Million. He won nearly 8.8 million dollars.

Currently Dan Smith net worth is around 37 million dollars.

5. Erik Seidel

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Net Worth 2020: 35.7 million

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On our list, Erik Seidel is the “old man”. He is 60 years of age but it seems that he doesn’t plan to retire. He is one of the original players from New York City’s Mayfair Club. The members of this club were also Dan Harrington, Howard Lederer, and Stu Ungar.

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During his career he won the WSOP bracelet for 8 times. Despite that, he made unbelievable 35 final tables and 92 cashes. His largest cash payout was made at the 2011 Aussie Millions poker

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Championship $250.000 Super High Roller NLHE event. On that event, he earned around $2.5 million dollars. In 2010, he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.

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Erik Seidel net worth is around $35.7 million dollars. He is a good example that it is never too late to play poker and have fun.