High Stakes Poker – a look back at the best HSP hands

With a new season of High Stakes poker set to air soon, featuring a revamped commentating crew (AJ Benza is replaced by Kara Scott) and many returning as well as new poker professionals, the time has never been better to take a look at some of the most memorable HSP hands ever played.

Sammy Farha’s pocket Ks cracking Barry Greenstein’s pocket rockets certainly earn a spot on this list. On the very last hand of the session, the two above named players picked up the monster starting hands. Knowing that he was in control of the situation, Barry Greenstein raised to $2,500 preflop and Farha re-raised him. A re-raising war ensued which eventually got both players all-in. By that time, the pot had grown to $361,800. Farha offered to run the board twice but Greenstein naturally refused. The K which landed on the flop gave Farha the lead though and the rest of the board failed to bail Greenstein out.

The set over set encounter between Amir Nasseri and Ted Forrest was undoubtedly highlight reel material too. Nasseri had a pair of 5s in his pocket, faced with Forrest’s pocket deuces and with Daniel Negreanu’s Jc, 10c. The three players saw a flop of 5,4,2 rainbow, and Negreanu made an attempt to steal the pot. Nasseri made it obvious for the Canadian that he had no business being in that hand though and Negreanu promptly acknowledged the situation by folding. The two sets got their respective owners all in, before the turn card landed. The turn and the river did nothing to further Forrest’s case and Nasseri picked up the $206,600 pot.

When it comes to large pots, few players can best Tom Dwan. Endowed with an incredible knack to make monster pots happen, Dwan once locked horns with Greenstein over a $548,700 pot on HSP. Peter Eastgate was the one who ignited the action, as Greenstein tagged along on a Q,8o and Dwan was more than happy to be involved with his pocket rockets.

The flop of J,10,3 found only Dwan and Greenstein in the hand though, both of them willing to go all the way. The 9s which fell on the turn, gave Greenstein a straight against Dwan’s overpair and the 5d on the river sealed the deal for good.

Stay tuned for more memorable HSP hands in the second part of the series.

Steve Larson, an online poker player from Canada, visit his rakeback site for more useful information.