Kaplan said that the only other person he knew who would have made a similar move was "maybe the late Stu Ungar.” In Season 6, Tom Dwan executed a successful bluff against Phil Ivey in a pot that stood at $408,700 pre-bluff. Tom Dwan () raised $25,000 preflop and got called by Phil Ivey with (). After a flop of (), Dwan fired another $45,800 and Ivey called, making the pot $162,300. The turn came (), and Dwan fired again, this time $123,200. Ivey again called with his flush and inside straight draws, creating a pot of $408,700. The river came (), leaving Ivey with a small pair and Dwan with 9 high. Dwan bet another $268,200. Ivey considered calling for over 3 minutes (according to the TV show), but ultimately folded. In Season 7, amateur player Bill Klein opted to see the river in a $192,800 pot, by calling the re-raise to $67,000 by professional Phil Galfond of his $28,000 bet. Klein held for a flush draw, and Galfond, holding , had a straight on a board that read . The river card was the , which prompted Klein to take a glance at Galfond from under his hat. "Looks like Klein's creative juices may be flowing", quipped commentator Norm Macdonald, as Klein slid a tower of 30 $5,000 chips forward equalling $150,000. After Galfond folded, Bill Klein showed the bluff and received a standing ovation and fist-bumps from around the table. Quick loss In a single episode of Season 6, Daniel Negreanu lost a total of $380,000 in two hands, both to Mike Matusow. In the first hand, Negreanu went all-in on trip nines, holding on a board. Matusow, however, had flopped a full house since he held . In the second hand, Matusow went all-in as the favorite on a flop of holding for a flush draw and two overcards. Negreanu called with . The players agreed to run the turn and river twice; Matusow completed the flush both times. Players These players appeared in the first seven seasons: Doyle Brunson, Antonio Esfandiari, Barry Greenstein, and Daniel Negreanu. None of them returned for the eighth season, while only Phil Hellmuth, Tom Dwan, Phil Ivey, and Brandon Adams appeared in both the original High Stakes Poker, and season 8. Key sponsors Most seasons included a key sponsor. Over the years, they included notable companies like PokerStars, Full Tilt