Joe Stapleton (poker)

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Joe Stapleton
Born (1982-10-06) October 6, 1982 (age 43)
New York, New York, United States
OccupationPoker commentator
Known forCoverage of World Series of Poker and PokerStars events
StyleHost / play-by-play

Joe Stapleton is an American poker commentator. [1] [2] He has been an active commentator since 2009, and currently works for PokerStars. [3] Stapleton did numerous broadcasts for the European Poker Tour. [4]

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In 2011, Joe Stapleton was living in Los Angeles but working in Europe, flying to London twice a month, before living in England for three-and-a-half years. He then moved back to New York for one year, and he has been traveling back to Los Angeles since 2016.

Commentator

Joe Stapleton works for PokerStars, commentating both live and online events—especially during COVID-19, including events such as SCOOP—with the likes of Maria Ho and Joe Ingram.

The National Heads-Up Poker Championship returned to PokerGO in 2025 and Stapleton was announced as a co-commentator alongside Ali Nejad. [5]

Comedy

In a May 2021 interview, Joe Stapleton mentioned the fact that he had a voice problem during the summer of 2020, preventing him for doing any comedy bits. He had to undergo surgery to fix this in February 2021. [6]

Awards

Along with fellow poker commentator James Hartigan, Stapleton was the recipient of the, 'Best Podcast' award at the 2022 Global Poker Awards, for their show "Poker in the Ears". [7]

References

  1. ↑ "CardsChat Interview with Joe Stapleton". CardsChat.com. May 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  2. ↑ Danis, Eric (2013-03-10). "Joe Stapleton on Playing Fantasy Poker Manager". Global Poker Index. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  3. ↑ Oresteen, Paul (2013). "Joe Stapleton". BLUFF Magazine. Archived from the original on 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  4. ↑ Danis, Eric (2013-03-09). "EPT London Festival Kicks Off, UKIPT FT Sunday". Global Poker Index. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  5. ↑ "PokerGO® and PokerStars® Announce Air Dates for the Return of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship". PokerGO. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
  6. ↑ "Somuchpoker Talks: Joe Stapleton about online poker commentary".
  7. ↑ Team, poker pro (2022-02-23). "Here Are The Winners of The 2021 Global Poker Awards". PokerPro – online poker – live poker – cash games poker. Retrieved 2026-01-17.


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