Gabe Kaplan

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Gabe Kaplan
Gabe Kaplan (2006)
Gabe Kaplan (2006)
  Personal information  
Date of birth March 31, 1945
place of birth United StatesUnited States Brooklyn
place of residence United StatesUnited States los Angeles
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 258,390
Total prize money $ 1,991,248
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 11
Best main event 13th ( 1991 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 3
Last updated: February 1, 2020
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Up your nose
  US 91 01/22/1977 (3 weeks)

Gabriel "Gabe" Kaplan (born March 31, 1945 in Brooklyn , New York City , New York ) is a former professional American poker player , actor and television presenter . Kaplan starred in the sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter in the 1970s . He was a commentator on GSN's High Stakes Poker through Season 6 .

Life

Acting

In his youth, Kaplan wanted to be a baseball player . However, he did not make the jump to one of the higher leagues and decided to turn to other interests. Kaplan began working in a New Jersey hotel . It was there that he first came into contact with some comedians, whereupon he decided to devote himself to stand-up comedy . Kaplan was so successful in this area that he made five appearances on the Tonight Show in 18 months . Subsequently, his first music album appeared with the name Holes and Mello-Rolls and in 1977 with the single Up Your Nose, a placement in the US single charts . From 1975 to 1979 Kaplan starred in the sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter . In the following years he starred in several films.

poker

Kaplan first played at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas in 1978 . He recorded his biggest success in July 2004, when he at an event of the Poker Tour World in the Mirage was in Las Vegas Third and more than 250,000 US dollars won. He also finished runner- up in a 2005 WSOP tournament for over $ 200,000. In 2007 he took part in the television tournament Poker After Dark , where he eliminated Howard Lederer and Annie Duke , among others , to beat Kristy Gazes in heads-up . He received $ 120,000 for his triumph. Kaplan achieved his last live cash placement to date at the end of June 2014, when he finished eighth in a Super High Roller at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, worth almost $ 260,000.

Overall, Kaplan has earned around two million dollars with poker in live tournaments.

further activities

Kaplan mainly moderated poker events on US television. These included the National Heads-Up Poker Championship , World Series of Poker tournaments , the Intercontinental Poker Championship and the High Stakes Poker cash game format , on which he was an expert.

Web links

Commons : Gabe Kaplan  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: US
  2. ↑ Gabe Kaplan in the Internet Movie Database, accessed on February 1, 2020 (English).
  3. ↑ Gabe Kaplan in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 17, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Chaplain, gift
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kaplan, Gabriel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player, actor, and television presenter
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City , New York , United States