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High Stakes

Drama · 2025

Last aired: S1 E6, Komet · 2025-09-05

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.

Cast

Jannik Schümann Vincent van de Waal

Thomas Loibl Cornel Prien

Pauline Großmann Britta Kolaric

Eren Kavukoglu Tolga Güner

Lale Yavaş Selma Güner

ÖK

Özgür Karadeniz Adil Güner

Season 1

E1 Houston, I have a problem! 2025-09-05 · 42 min Ayla, a devout Muslim and astrophysics student, needs €22,000 for a NASA internship. Poker becomes a risky but promising option for her.

E2 Playing Games 2025-09-05 · 45 min Vincent, her brother's charismatic secret lover, coaches Ayla in bluffing and tactics. But is she ready to prove herself in the illegal poker scene?

E3 All in 2025-09-05 · 46 min Ayla celebrates her first poker successes under her alias Nina. But the higher the stakes, the harder it becomes for her to hide her risky double life from her family.

E4 Dark Matter 2025-09-05 · 46 min Ayla wants to get out, but Vincent holds her back. As the pressure within her family grows, the two grow closer—dangerously close.

E5 Ayla vs. Nina 2025-09-05 · 48 min Ayla's addiction grows as she increasingly merges with her role as Nina. Vincent becomes more enigmatic and difficult to understand with each move.

E6 Komet 2025-09-05 · 50 min Ayla takes a huge risk for a tournament with very high prize money, gets into debt, and faces dangerous opponents. Is Vincent perhaps on the wrong side?

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