Gabe Kaplan Departs from High Stakes Poker

According to an official announcement made by GSN yesterday, Gabe Kaplan has left the popular poker show High Stakes Poker (HSP). His place will be taken by Norm MacDonald, also known from Saturday Night Live.

Full Tilt Poker [3] pros will not take part in the 7th season of HSP either, because the sponsor of the show became their biggest rival PokerStars [4]. This decision means, that players like Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius and Tom 'durrrr' Dwan will be absent from the series.

Gabe Kaplan, well-known for his funny style and very professional commentating, has also left the show. This was announced by GSN yesterday, on the 7th February, but reasons were not mentioned in the notice. Kaplan will be replaced by Norm MacDonald from Saturday Night Live.

Norm MacDonald at the Laugh Factory

GSN has also announced the full list of players taking part in the series:

Mike Baxter
Eric Boneta
Doyle Brunson
Johnny Chan
Robert Croak
Jonathan Duhamel
Antonio Esfandiari
Phil Galfond
Bill Klein
Phil Laak
Jason Mercier
Julian Movsesian
Daniel Negreanu
David Peat
Bill Perkins
Andrew Robl
Phil Ruffin
Vanessa Selbst
Bob Voulgaris