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Jan 25, 2023 · All good things must come to an end, and for Gabe Kaplan, the long-time voice of High Stakes Poker, the time to retire is now. PokerGO disclosed in a press release that the legendary voice of...
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Gabe Kaplan Calls It Quits After 9-Season High Stakes Poker Run – World Poker Tour. The long-time voice of High Stakes Poker announced his retirement from the show after the debut episode of Season 10. Lance Bradley. Jan 25, 2023. Gabe Kaplan ends his run as the voice of High Stakes Poker.
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American actor, comedian, writer and poker player Gabriel Weston ‘Gabe’ Kaplan was born in Brooklyn, New York City USA, on 31 March 1945, making his zodiac sign Aries. He’s appeared in 13 movies and TV series and has four writing credits, while he’s probably still known best forwriting all the 95 episodes of the comedy series “Welcome Back, Kotter”...
Gabe was raised in Brooklyn an only child, by his Jewish parents Dorothy and Charles Kaplan; it’s believed that his father was a high school soccer coach, and his mother a housewife. He was mostly interested in baseballduring his teenage years, and played several games for his New Utrecht High School’s team, however, he failed to join a minor leagu...
It didn’t take long for Gabe to become popular for his sense of humor, and he went on to tour around New York State in the following 10 years. From May 1973 through December 1974, he made five guest appearance in the critically acclaimed comedy “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson”, and then released his comedy album “Holes and Mello-Rolls”; Ga...
Gabe’s debut film role was playing Stan Nichols in the 1976 romantic comedy “The Love Boat”, directed by Alan Myerson and Richard Kinon, and which starred Don Adams, Tom Bosley and Florence Henderson; it follows a group of people travelling on a cruise ship from California to Mexico. In 1979, Gabe portrayed David Greene in the sports comedy“Fast Br...
Gabe played the lead character Stewart Lewis in all the 13 episodes of the popular 1982 comedy “Lewis & Clark”, which also starred Guich Koock and Ilene Graff, and follows a family man who’s dreaming of owning a country music club. In 1984, Gabe played Freddy York in the episode “Birds of a Feather” of the crime mystery “Murder, She Wrote”, and he’...
Gabe received special thanks for the 1996 episode “If You’re Going to Write a Comedy Scene, You’re Going to Have Some Rat Feaces in There” of the comedy “Mr. Show with Bob and David”. Some of his talk-show appearances have been in “Good Morning America”, “Gotham Comedy Live” and “WTF with Marc Maron”.
Gabe won two TV Land Awards for Teacher of the Year in 2003 and 2006, both for his performance in “Welcome Back, Kotter”.
Gabe’s first professional tournament was the 1978 World Series of Poker, and he became one of the best poker players in the following two years, winning the Amarillo Slim’s Super Bowl of Poker; from 1980 through 1985, he reached the finals at the Super Bowl of Poker’s main event twice. Gabe competed in the World Poker Tour’s No-Limit Texas Hold’em ...
Gabe’s kept nearly all the details of his love life hidden from media, and while it’s known that he has a daughter, the name and Gabe’s relation to her mother haven’t been disclosed. His daughter Rachel Kaplanwas born in 1990, and while most people believe that Gabe and Rachel’s mother were married, this hasn’t been addressed by Gabe nor have his f...
Gabe’s a financial investor. He worked for ESPN in 2002, covering that year’s World Series of Poker, and for CNBC in 2005, covering the National Heads-Up Poker Challenge. Gabe’s an author, and his book “Kotter’s Back: E-mails from a Faded Celebrity to a Bewildered World” was published in 2007, in which he claims that he’s good at Cossack dancing, i...
Apr 19, 2024 · Getty Images / Mike Kim. Entertainment. Cheesecake with the Heavyweight Champ. The comedian Gabe Kaplan remembers his restless Brooklyn youth, filled with betting, bowling, and baseball—and how...
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Jan 25, 2023 · Las Vegas, NV (January 25, 2023) — PokerGO® today announced that Gabe Kaplan, famed commentator of poker’s most iconic cash game show, High Stakes Poker, is retiring from the show. Kaplan, 77, spent the last nine seasons in the High Stakes Poker commentary booth, most often paired alongside A.J. Benza with whom he worked with in Seasons 1 ...
The first episode of the new season aired on January 24, 2023, and during the episode, Kaplan hinted at retirement. On January 25, 2023, Kaplan officially retired as the High Stakes Poker commentator with a replacement to be named on the next episode.
The poker commentator and former TV Sitcom legend Gabe Kaplan has announced that the current 10 th season of the iconic cash game show High Stakes Poker on PokerGO will be his last – after the very first episode. After a decade of bringing the cash game drama to life, the man with a glimmer in his eye and an unmistakable smile behind his ...
