If the world-famous neon lights of Las Vegas felt somewhat dimmer final night time, it could be as a result of award-winning poker broadcaster Jeff Platt introduced a brand new job with the World Sequence of Poker (WSOP).
Platt, a longtime PokerGO broadcaster greatest recognized for his tableside interviews and commentary of the WSOP Principal Occasion and different tournaments, wrote on X that he was “thrilled to develop the partnership with the WSOP in an expanded function, as each a bunch and a producer.”
“This can be a partnership that has developed to a degree the place I believe all of us concerned are actually joyful,” Platt instructed PokerNews. “The WSOP is undoubtedly the most important and the very best on the earth, and I’m genuinely appreciative to be on their group. To have a minimum of some say in constructing content material, in constructing the model, is a chance that I see as an actual honor on this enterprise.”
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Platt, who got here to the poker trade from a sports activities journalism background and who beforehand co-hosted the PokerNews Podcast, spent the higher half of the previous decade with PokerGO.
Whereas he has already labored extensively with the WSOP, which was bought by GGPoker in 2024, Platt stated in his X publish that he regarded ahead to taking an prolonged function and “serving to to construct the model.”
Platt, a poker participant with $888,849 in Hendon Mob earnings, stated he might be centered on participant engagement and “the viewing expertise.”
“Participant engagement is a extremely necessary aspect of this deal, to each me and the WSOP,” he wrote. “I really feel like, as a participant myself (not an excellent one), I might help to strengthen the bridge that connects the WSOP and its neighborhood. I do not promise to accommodate each single request. I do promise to genuinely take heed to your ideas and considerations, and to repeatedly work on enhancing the participant expertise.”
Platt’s new function was well-received by the poker neighborhood. Those that congratulated the longtime poker voice embody fellow broadcaster Maria Ho, WSOP Principal Occasion champions Jamie Gold and Ryan Riess, and Poker Corridor of Famer Eli Elezra.
Platt Talks About New Function
PokerNews requested Platt about his new function with the WSOP as World Broadcast Expertise, an on-air place that he stated “will include commentary, sideline reporting, internet hosting, interviewing, somewhat little bit of all the pieces.”
“Not only for our summer season collection, however for Europe, Paradise, and another occasions,” Platt stated in an electronic mail. “I believe the purpose of the general function is that once you see or hear me, you are watching the World Sequence of Poker.”
“Behind the scenes, I will be working as a producer. The present plan in place is to develop a pregame present of types that I might host and co-produce alongside an especially gifted manufacturing group. I will additionally seize the mic for any stay occasions/ceremonies that want an MC.”
And what can gamers anticipate from the WSOP this yr because it continues to evolve below the GGPoker model?
“I believe we’re within the midst of a brand new period that may actually pop in terms of the livestreams/broadcasts deliberate for the summer season,” Platt stated. “Showcasing extra tournaments, extra gamers, extra storylines. A drastic enchancment within the viewing expertise, each stay and through broadcasts. I am so excited for not solely the poker neighborhood to see what we have now in retailer, however for the extra informal viewers who we welcome in to the sport we all know and love a lot.”
Connor Richards
Senior Editor U.S.
