One of the keys to the chemistry that has brought so much success for the rising commentary team of Brent Hanks and Jeff Platt is the real-life friendship they maintain outside of the grind of their everyday broadcast lives. Their connection was immediate when they met for the first time at an audition and they’ve taken any opportunity to work together since, rising among the ranks of commentary teams to become a regular fixture of the broadcast booth in the PokerGO Studios at Aria Resort and Casino.
Hanks, a former elementary school teacher from Western New York, hit pay dirt after he left the teaching profession to focus on playing poker more than a decade ago.