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In a frank interview with Poker News Daily, new host of GSN's High Stakes Poker confessed to being more than a little surprised by Gabe Kaplan‘s sudden departure from the popular poker show.
Recalling the moment he was told the news and offered the hosting role for the upcoming HSP Season 7, Norm Macdonald said:
'It only happened a couple of weeks ago. I was stunned by it. 'High Stakes Poker' is my favorite poker show, so I was shocked that Gabe Kaplan wasn't coming back. I thought he was the best announcer by far. I was a little reluctant to do it because I didn't know if I'd be as good as him, so that was a little daunting.'
Many people can empathise with Norm Macdonald's initial trepidation as, unlike Gabe Kaplan, his poker credentials pale in comparison to Kaplan's who was able to use his own vast experience to accurately analyse the play of some of the best poker pros in the world.
Actor comedian Gabe Kaplan first took up poker in 1978 and has since gone on to amass around $1.3 million in live tournament winnings. Among Kaplan's impressive list of achievements are 9 cashes at the WSOP for $497,659, as well coming 3rd in the 2004 Mirage Poker Showdown for his biggest score to date of $256,519.
Such is Kaplan's level of expertise that on one famous HSP episode he even took time off from the commentators box to go down and join the pros in some high stakes poker action.
Norm Macdonald's tournament credentials are a little spartan in comparison, having only won $26,153 from two tournament cashes, both in 2006. Talking about when he first started playing poker, Macdonald said:
'I discovered poker at the Mayfair Club and played Limit because it would slow down the bleeding. When I went to Las Vegas, I'd try to stay away from the tables and just play Limit Hold'em. I started by playing 100% of the hands and bringing as much money as I could. Sometimes it'd be a good night, but I'd still lose less than at the pits. Then, by osmosis, I got better and started realizing that it wasn't really gambling. I started reading books and then I understood.'
As High Stakes Poker S7 gets underway on Saturday, February 26th at 8 p.m. EST, an army of poker fans will eagerly be awaiting the new show and hoping Norm Macdonald's commentary and style will make the action every bit as entertaining as previous seasons.
| Gabe Kaplan | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Born | Gabriel Weston Kaplan March 31, 1945 (age 75) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 10 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | 13th, 1991 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | 1 |
| Money finish(es) | 3 |
Gabriel Weston Kaplan (born March 31, 1945) is an American comedian, actor, and professional poker player.[1] He played the eponymous teacher in the 1970s sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter. He later became a professional poker player and a commentator for the series High Stakes Poker on GSN.
- His first world series of poker was in 1978. He then began participating in International poker games and recorded a high level of success. Awards & Achievements. Gabe Kaplan has achieved a lot in world poker. He has participated in many worldwide poker games. In the Comedy department, Gabe has performed on many tours and events.
- Kaplan, who is perhaps most well known to the general public as starring in The 1970s show, Welcome Back Kotter. He earned his chops in the poker scene with early World Series of Poker and Super Bowl of Poker appearances. Kaplan parlayed his poker reputation into a host of High Stakes Poker.
- 'Would love to play in the show that put stars in my eyes.' -High stakes poker player @RuiCaoCooler 'Gabe Kaplan better be on the mic.' -@Cville300zxtt 'Would be epic watching you Nick Schulman in the line up for this.' –@realjTheasonpa4 'There is a duty to not screw this up! Make sure Gabe is onboard.
- Today, Gabe Kaplan's total live tournament winnings are nearly $2 million. His total cash winnings are, undoubtedly, as high if not higher. Along with his long-time stint on High Stakes Poker, Kaplan was the television commentator for the 1997 and 2002 WSOP.
Early life[edit]
The reboot of the popular poker show, High Stakes Poker, will in fact include the old show's commentators — Gabe Kaplan and AJ Benza. New episodes, which have already been filmed, begin Dec. 16 exclusively on the PokerGo app. PokerGo does have a subscription fee so you can't watch the.
Kaplan was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a Jewish family.[2]
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He graduated from New Utrecht High School.[3]
Acting career[edit]
As a kid, Kaplan had aspirations of being a Major League Baseball player. However, he was unable to make the roster of a minor league team and decided to pursue other interests. He began working as a bellman at a hotel in Lakewood, New Jersey. Touring comedians sometimes performed at the hotel, and Kaplan began to work toward his own career as a stand-up comedian. Gabe honed his standup routine in 1964 in places such as the Cafe Tel Aviv at 250 West 72nd Street, New York City.
Kaplan's comedy was successful, and he toured the country with his act based on his childhood experiences in Brooklyn. He appeared five times on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from May 1973 to December 1974. During that time, he also recorded the comedy album Holes and Mello-Rolls, which included long routines about his high school days and other topics. The sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, whose central characters he helped Eric Cohen and Alan Sacks create and whose core format he helped them to develop, was in part based on his comedy act. In the sitcom, Kaplan played Gabe Kotter, who returns as a teacher to the dysfunctional high school where he had been a student. The series ran from 1975–1979, and Kaplan bought a home in Palm Springs, California with his earnings.[4] 'Up your nose with a rubber hose!', sanitized from the original album line 'Up your hole with a Mello-Roll!', became an unlikely catchphrase from the show. It became so popular that a comedy record by Kaplan, Up Your Nose, was released by Elektra Records. The record, co-written and -produced by Kaplan, dented the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1977, peaking at #93.
From 1976–1978 and again in 1981, Kaplan participated in the ABC celebrity athletic competition Battle of the Network Stars. For the first five competitions, Kaplan was the captain of the ABC network team. In the very first competition, Kaplan defeated Robert Conrad, who was participating in the event representing the NBC team as its captain, in a race much to Conrad's chagrin. Kaplan, who was 31 at the time, passed Conrad, then 40, with a strong sprint to the finish line, giving ABC television network the win with 175 points. In 1981, Kaplan returned to the competition as the team captain for the NBC side, as he was appearing in the NBC TV show Lewis & Clark.
After Welcome Back, Kotter, Kaplan continued with his stand-up act and was in several movies, including a starring role in Fast Break in 1979, and he portrayed comic Groucho Marx in a one-man show.
Poker[edit]
Kaplan became involved in financial markets and poker during his acting career. He made his first appearance at the World Series of Poker in 1978. In 1980, Kaplan was considered one of poker's elite, as he won the main event at Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker and was presented with 'a loving cup that was so enormous it made the gaudy gold bracelets given to the winners at the World Series of Poker look understated.'[5] Over the next five years his reputation was solidified as he made the final table at the Super Bowl's main event two more times.
In July 2004, Kaplan finished third in a World Poker Tour no-limit Texas hold 'em event, earning more than $250,000. He also finished second in the 2005 World Series of Poker $5,000 Limit Hold 'Em event, winning $222,515. Kaplan was joint TV commentator for the 1997 and 2002 WSOP events. In 2007, Kaplan won on NBC's Poker After Dark in the episode 'Queens and Kings' after defeating Kristy Gazes heads-up and outlasting Howard Lederer, Ali Nejad, Vanessa Rousso and Annie Duke in a $20,000 buy-in, six-person No-Limit Texas Hold-Em winner-take-all Sit-and-Go.
In the 2007 World Series of Poker, Kaplan finished in ninth place in the $50,000 World Championship HORSEevent, winning $131,424. As of June 2017, Kaplan's total live tournament winnings were $1,991,248.[6] His eleven cashes at the WSOP were $539,159 of those winnings.[7]
Kaplan won again on Poker After Dark during 'Cowboys' week that first aired in February 2008 against Chris Ferguson, Andy Bloch, Chau Giang, Hoyt Corkins and Doyle Brunson. Kaplan's Poker After Dark win in the first week of the 2010 season (the 'Commentators III' episode) was the greatest comeback in the show's history.[8]
Later activities[edit]
Kaplan resumed performing stand-up comedy and worked on adaptations of Welcome Back, Kotter. He still plays poker frequently and became a commentator for poker events and televised poker shows, including the National Heads-Up Poker Championship on NBC,[9]High Stakes Poker on GSN,[10] and the Intercontinental Poker Championship on CBS.
In 1995, his name was mentioned in episode 21, 'The PTA Disbands', of the sixth season of The Simpsons as a substitute teacher in Bart's class.
In Episode 6 of Season 8 of Seinfeld, 'The Fatigues', which first aired on October 31, 1996, Jerry Seinfeld suggests that Gabe Kaplan might be considered something of a mentor.
In 2007, he appeared in Zak Penn's improvisational comedy The Grand as Seth Schwartzman, father of brother-and-sister poker players. Also in 2007, Kaplan published a book titled Kotter's Back: E-mails from a Faded Celebrity to a Bewildered World.[11] In the book, people react to absurd e-mailed claims by Kaplan, such as that he:[11]
- has slept with more women than Wilt Chamberlain
- is an expert at Cossack dancing
- thinks he's smart enough to become a member of Mensa
- would like NASA to send him into orbit with Jimmy Carter and Dr. J
The book also describes his e-mails:[12]
- to the Athens Olympic Committee offering to light the Olympic torch
- to AAA (the auto club) about signing up for Alcoholics Anonymous
- to the makers of Metamucil suggesting it feature constipated celebrities in its TV ads
- to the Postmaster General offering to have his picture on a stamp.
In January 2011, GSN announced that Norm Macdonald would replace Kaplan as host of High Stakes Poker.[13] Such as gambling places.
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Filmography[edit]
High Stakes Poker Gabe Kaplan Online
| Film and Television | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1975–1979 | Welcome Back, Kotter | Gabe Kotter | Main role (95 episodes) |
| 1976 | The Love Boat | Stan Nichols | TV movie |
| 1977 | Police Story | Paul Cazenovia | Episode: 'One of Our Cops Is Crazy' |
| 1979 | Fast Break | David Greene | |
| 1981 | Nobody's Perfekt | Dibley | |
| 1981 | Tulips | Leland Irving | |
| 1981–82 | Lewis & Clark | Stewart Lewis | Main role (13 episodes) |
| 1982 | Groucho | Groucho Marx | TV movie |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Freddy York | Episode: 'Birds of a Feather' |
| 1984 | The Hoboken Chicken Emergency | Anthony DePalma | TV movie |
| 2001 | Jack the Dog | Richie | |
| 2007 | The Grand | Seth Schwartzman | |
| 2018 | BoJack Horseman | Abe Ziegler | Episode: 'Head in the Clouds' |
References[edit]
From 1976–1978 and again in 1981, Kaplan participated in the ABC celebrity athletic competition Battle of the Network Stars. For the first five competitions, Kaplan was the captain of the ABC network team. In the very first competition, Kaplan defeated Robert Conrad, who was participating in the event representing the NBC team as its captain, in a race much to Conrad's chagrin. Kaplan, who was 31 at the time, passed Conrad, then 40, with a strong sprint to the finish line, giving ABC television network the win with 175 points. In 1981, Kaplan returned to the competition as the team captain for the NBC side, as he was appearing in the NBC TV show Lewis & Clark.
After Welcome Back, Kotter, Kaplan continued with his stand-up act and was in several movies, including a starring role in Fast Break in 1979, and he portrayed comic Groucho Marx in a one-man show.
Poker[edit]
Kaplan became involved in financial markets and poker during his acting career. He made his first appearance at the World Series of Poker in 1978. In 1980, Kaplan was considered one of poker's elite, as he won the main event at Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker and was presented with 'a loving cup that was so enormous it made the gaudy gold bracelets given to the winners at the World Series of Poker look understated.'[5] Over the next five years his reputation was solidified as he made the final table at the Super Bowl's main event two more times.
In July 2004, Kaplan finished third in a World Poker Tour no-limit Texas hold 'em event, earning more than $250,000. He also finished second in the 2005 World Series of Poker $5,000 Limit Hold 'Em event, winning $222,515. Kaplan was joint TV commentator for the 1997 and 2002 WSOP events. In 2007, Kaplan won on NBC's Poker After Dark in the episode 'Queens and Kings' after defeating Kristy Gazes heads-up and outlasting Howard Lederer, Ali Nejad, Vanessa Rousso and Annie Duke in a $20,000 buy-in, six-person No-Limit Texas Hold-Em winner-take-all Sit-and-Go.
In the 2007 World Series of Poker, Kaplan finished in ninth place in the $50,000 World Championship HORSEevent, winning $131,424. As of June 2017, Kaplan's total live tournament winnings were $1,991,248.[6] His eleven cashes at the WSOP were $539,159 of those winnings.[7]
Kaplan won again on Poker After Dark during 'Cowboys' week that first aired in February 2008 against Chris Ferguson, Andy Bloch, Chau Giang, Hoyt Corkins and Doyle Brunson. Kaplan's Poker After Dark win in the first week of the 2010 season (the 'Commentators III' episode) was the greatest comeback in the show's history.[8]
Later activities[edit]
Kaplan resumed performing stand-up comedy and worked on adaptations of Welcome Back, Kotter. He still plays poker frequently and became a commentator for poker events and televised poker shows, including the National Heads-Up Poker Championship on NBC,[9]High Stakes Poker on GSN,[10] and the Intercontinental Poker Championship on CBS.
In 1995, his name was mentioned in episode 21, 'The PTA Disbands', of the sixth season of The Simpsons as a substitute teacher in Bart's class.
In Episode 6 of Season 8 of Seinfeld, 'The Fatigues', which first aired on October 31, 1996, Jerry Seinfeld suggests that Gabe Kaplan might be considered something of a mentor.
In 2007, he appeared in Zak Penn's improvisational comedy The Grand as Seth Schwartzman, father of brother-and-sister poker players. Also in 2007, Kaplan published a book titled Kotter's Back: E-mails from a Faded Celebrity to a Bewildered World.[11] In the book, people react to absurd e-mailed claims by Kaplan, such as that he:[11]
- has slept with more women than Wilt Chamberlain
- is an expert at Cossack dancing
- thinks he's smart enough to become a member of Mensa
- would like NASA to send him into orbit with Jimmy Carter and Dr. J
The book also describes his e-mails:[12]
- to the Athens Olympic Committee offering to light the Olympic torch
- to AAA (the auto club) about signing up for Alcoholics Anonymous
- to the makers of Metamucil suggesting it feature constipated celebrities in its TV ads
- to the Postmaster General offering to have his picture on a stamp.
In January 2011, GSN announced that Norm Macdonald would replace Kaplan as host of High Stakes Poker.[13] Such as gambling places.
High Stakes Poker Gabe Kaplan
Filmography[edit]
High Stakes Poker Gabe Kaplan Online
| Film and Television | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1975–1979 | Welcome Back, Kotter | Gabe Kotter | Main role (95 episodes) |
| 1976 | The Love Boat | Stan Nichols | TV movie |
| 1977 | Police Story | Paul Cazenovia | Episode: 'One of Our Cops Is Crazy' |
| 1979 | Fast Break | David Greene | |
| 1981 | Nobody's Perfekt | Dibley | |
| 1981 | Tulips | Leland Irving | |
| 1981–82 | Lewis & Clark | Stewart Lewis | Main role (13 episodes) |
| 1982 | Groucho | Groucho Marx | TV movie |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Freddy York | Episode: 'Birds of a Feather' |
| 1984 | The Hoboken Chicken Emergency | Anthony DePalma | TV movie |
| 2001 | Jack the Dog | Richie | |
| 2007 | The Grand | Seth Schwartzman | |
| 2018 | BoJack Horseman | Abe Ziegler | Episode: 'Head in the Clouds' |
References[edit]
- ^US Search 'Gabe Kaplan'[permanent dead link]
- ^http://jewishjournal.com/wandering_jew/12053/celebs-stick-to-their-tzedakah-box-job/
- ^Lynch, Dennis (October 28, 2015). 'Old school: New Utrecht High celebrates centennial'. Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^Meeks, Eric G. (2012). The Best Guide Ever to Palm Springs Celebrity Homes. Horatio Limburger Oglethorpe. p. 99. ISBN978-1479328598.
- ^Reback, Storm (March 5, 2009). 'From the Poker Vaults: Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker, Part I'. PokerNews. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
- ^'Gabe Kaplan'. The HENDON MOB. Mediarex Enterprises Ltd. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ^'WSOP Player Profile – Gabe Kaplan'. WSOP.com. Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ^'Poker After Dark: Commentators III recap – Poker on NBC- NBC Sports'. Archived from the original on December 7, 2010. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- ^'NBC's 'Heads-Up' aces ratings' Variety.com, retrieved April 15, 2007.
- ^'High Stakes Poker Season 3 Premieres on Monday, January 15 at 9 PM'Archived May 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine GSN.com retrieved April 15, 2007.
- ^ abKaplan, Gabe. Kotter's Back: E-mails from a Faded Celebrity to a Bewildered World (Simon and Schuster, 2007).
- ^Zerschling, Lynn. 'A prank that will pay off', Sioux City Journal (July 3, 2007).
- ^Slagter, Josh. 'Not funny, GSN: Gabe Kaplan out as 'High Stakes Poker' host, replaced by Norm MacDonald', Grand Rapids Press (February 8, 2011).
External links[edit]
- Gabe Kaplan on IMDb
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