Gabe Kaplan - Hot or Not? - Page 4

andyfox · #31 05-02-2006, 05:39 PM

Just an impolite, arrogant guy. Maybe he's mellowed. This would be about twenty years ago.

UncleKraut · #32 05-02-2006, 08:22 PM

I think Lederer provides the best commentary. Gabe's kind of funny though...Howard's definitely not funny.

Chairman Wood · #33 05-02-2006, 10:21 PM

I honestly believe Phil Hellmuth is the best commentator that I've heard or seen.

Jimbo · #34 05-02-2006, 10:42 PM

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I honestly believe Phil Hellmuth is the best commentator that I've heard or seen.

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More proof that an entertainer makes a better poker commentator than a poker player. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Jimbo

MCS · #35 05-03-2006, 12:13 AM

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I honestly believe Phil Hellmuth is the best commentator that I've heard or seen.

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Yeah, Hellmuth is good too (when he stays away from telling his own bad beat stories).

Lyric · #36 05-03-2006, 12:43 AM

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sheikhan pots flop and turn, todd calls with flushdraw.
kaplan: "shawn shouldve bet much more, todd has no choice but to call for this price"; kinda along these lines

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I remember that hand. Shawn bet like 2/3 of the pot twice, which was pricing Todd out of the draw. Very strange that Gabe would say that. Perhaps it was an editing error. I noticed that the amounts the players bet/pot size shown on the screen was not always correct.

I remember that as the only mistake that Gabe made in all 13 shows. Do you remember any other mistakes?

wisehandpoker · #37 05-03-2006, 01:18 AM

I saw Fast Break again recently. I liked him in it.

prohornblower · #38 05-03-2006, 02:03 PM

IMO, Gabe is excellent.

He would never say "So-and-so has a ...PAIR OF 5's!?" in an Omaha telecast after a large bet, when so-and-so holds 456J on a 57Q flop.

Plus, I think he's funny. And he has had some pretty high tournament finishes.

I'd love to have a top-notch pro do commentary, but for the most part, I think they'd have a tough time communicating their thoughts to the masses. A lot of people that can DO, cannot TEACH. But if they ever find a top-notch pro who can elaborate on his or her ideas clearly enough for the masses to understand, then by all means yes. But in the meantime I vote "TV background with moderate poker knowledge"

berya · #39 05-03-2006, 02:35 PM

I enjoy his commentary quite a bit on the GSN show. I voted for he is very good.

DaveFu · #40 05-03-2006, 06:29 PM

Best full time poker commentator on tv. Which isnt saying too much. MS/VVP and the WSOP guys just dumb it down too much to be interesting.