High Stakes Poker Returns Sunday

High Stakes Poker season 5 starts Sunday night at 9 PM on GSN. There will be 13 episodes. The stakes are higher for this season, and they're showing all the hole cards. They're starting with day three, which included the biggest pot in TV poker history (see our taping updates).

The next World Poker Tour show is the Festa al Lago, from the Bellagio. The players are Nam Le, Nenad Medic, Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier, Adam "Roothlus" Levy, Osmin Dardon, and Will Mietz.

The final two episodes of the WSOP Europe are on Sunday night at 10 PM on ESPN 2.

Annie Duke is one of the contestants on the new season of Celebrity Apprentice, starting Sunday at 9 PM on NBC.

We've got a new poll up on our sidebar asking if you think the WPT will remain independent or survive at all.

This week's newsbites:

• NBC released the almost-final lineup for the National Heads-Up Poker Championship.
• We added a third High Stakes Poker preview video, for those of you who just can't wait.
  
• AJ Benza talked to Poker News Daily about how he got the High Stakes Poker hosting job, how they do the commentary, and how quiet Ziigmund is (e.g.).
  
• I added brief updates to my reviews of Million Dollar Cash Game, WSOP Europe, and Best Damn Poker Show.
• Milwaukee’s Best Light re-upped as a WSOP sponsor.
  

Check our poker on TV schedule for the list of shows regularly running new episodes.

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