How many episodes are in High Stakes?

High Stakes has 6 episodes in this listed season.

When does High Stakes premiere?

High Stakes premieres on 2025-09-05.

Is High Stakes a new series?

High Stakes is a new series (Season 1).

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High Stakes(2025)

Archived · ZDFmediathek

12+6 eps

S01

Drama

ON AIR: SEP 5Season 1Archived listing

What to Expect

PremiereLens read

High Stakes follows Ayla, an astrophysics student who brings the same analytical rigor she applies to the cosmos to the poker table, and the drama earns its tension from watching that precision collide with a game that runs on psychology, bluff, and chance. Financial desperation gets her through the door; fascination keeps her there.

Vincent, the former pro who draws her deeper into that world, functions less as a mentor than as a gravitational pull away from everything that has defined her. Her faith, her discipline, her sense of where her limits are: each erodes gradually rather than dramatically, and the season structures itself around that slow drift, making each compromise feel earned rather than sudden.

Best for

intense poker, analytical obsession and Drama

Story lane

Drama

Commitment

Season 1 · 6 episodes

Where

ZDFmediathek

Official Premise

Out of financial need, 25-year-old Ayla, a highly gifted astrophysics student and devout Muslim, takes up poker. Fascinated by the game and influenced by former pro Vincent, she risks everything.

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