Many couldn’t believe that GSN would drop their two leading poker shows at all. That’s what they did though, when earlier in the year they announced they would not be renewing either the World Poker Tour or High Stakes Poker shows on their network. While many mourned the loss, this week has provided us with light at the end of the tunnel.

The announcement of WPT joining Fox last week was joyous to fans around the world. It had been relatively quiet regarding HSP though, until recently. Someone purporting to be Michael Zeisser, who serves on the board of directors for GSN, posted a comment on an online forum to claim the fifth season would be aired in February 2009. Other claims were also made, including the addition of Pot Limit Omaha to the schedule, and the possible line up of players.

The claims seemed too good to be true, so someone at PartTimePoker.com decided to drop GSN an email to make sure it was all correct. The response? That the initial posts were indeed fraudulent, but that GSN HAD picked up the option of the fifth season of High Stakes Poker after all.

Get the popcorn ready – High Stakes Poker will most certainly be back.