Joe Stapleton: The Bearded Walrus Who Wants All The Jobs

Lee Davy sits down with European Poker Tour and Poker Night in America co-host, Joe Stapleton to find out where he gets his material, what he would do with 10,000 spare hours, and much more.

Poker dragged me into its heart after watching the World Poker Tour (WPT) on TV. I wouldn’t miss an episode. Then, one day, I got a job working at the final table as a live reporter and everything changed. I never watched another show because it’s pointless once you know who wins.

It was the same when I started working for the European Poker Tour (EPT), and the World Series of Poker (WSOP). And this means I have never listened to Joe Stapleton doing his thing.

I did tune in to watch the Global Poker League (GPL) Draft because I didn’t know what was going to happen. It was my first taste of Stapleton in action, and I have to admit, I thought he was great. I particularly liked the way he would pull the pin out of the hand grenade and drop it between Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth at precisely the right time.