Gabe Kaplan was born in Brooklyn in the shadows of Ebbets Field. He quit high school at sixteen to seek a career in pro baseball but became a stand-up comedian instead. In 1975, he co-created and starred in the hit sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, based on his high school experiences. Gabe went on to star in feature films such as Fast Break and Nobody’s Perfekt and as Grouch Marx in a well-received HBO special called Groucho. An accomplished poker player, Gabe won the Super Bowl of Poker two times and made several final tables at the World Series of Poker, finishing as high as second place. He was a commentator on the TV series High Stakes Poker for nine years.
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