is it true that TV's Gabe Kaplan is a world champoin poker player? I seem to rememebr seeing, on TV, that he competes in tournements around the world, for stakes that amount to about 1 million, annually.

I'm not sure who Gabe Kaplan is, but Ben Affleck just won a very nice poker tournament, and no, it wasn't a celebrity tournament! Ask klogon for the link.

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Gabe Kaplan Biography
Gabe Kaplan has had a quite amazing life, with not just one but three careers. Even though two of them were very successful, it was the first he wanted the most. Back in high school Gabe was a great baseball player who could hit the "long ball." His coaches and teammates encouraged him that he was major league material. He listened and went out with intentions to break the major league home run record, but two years down the line he couldn’t even make a minor league roster, and he concluded that he was only high school material.

Many others would have gone on to lead a life of disappointment, but Gabe licked his wounds and got a job as a bellman at a resort hotel in Lakewood, New Jersey. This particular hotel featured stand-up comedians three times a week. After several months of watching, he realized he could do that. So with some "borrowed" material, Gabe criss-crossed the country to perfect his timing and hone his performing skills. Long before the comedy-club explosion, he became a regular in small nightclubs, coffee houses, and the Playboy club circuit.

He started writing his own acts, based on his experiences growing up in Brooklyn. His big break came when he appeared on The Tonight Show in the early seventies. He was an instant hit and was soon appearing regularly on all the many talk and variety shows on television at the time. He even did an unprecedented stand-up performance on an Emmy Award telecast.

He then created a situation comedy based on his high school class and the characters that were there with him. Instead of being their contemporary he made his character the teacher and "Welcome Back Kotter" was born. After six weeks, the show made its way into the top ten and remained there for most of its four season run on ABC.

When "Kotter" ended, Gabe made the jump to movies, starring in three feature films, "Fast Break," "Tulips," and "Nobody’s Perfect," while continuing to perform stand-up act in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. He also appeared in two legitimate theater productions, originating the role of "Groucho, A Live In Review" and starring in the national touring company of the successful Broadway comedy, "Doubles." "Groucho" became a well-received HBO special, and has since been performed around the world.

While "Kotter" was running, Gabe became involved in the financial markets and enjoyed matching wits with Messer, Dunn and Bradstreet. His investment strategies have been written about in several leading financial magazines. Gabe also gained notoriety as a world class poker player and gambler. He was a two-time champion of both The Super Bowl of Poker and the Commerce Club’s Low Ball Tournament. He won the Knights of The Round Table Champion’s Tournament the only time it was held in 1986. Although he’s never won a World Series of Poker event, he has placed second and third several times.

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