Brent Hanks

Brent Hanks is an American sports commentator and professional poker player, born in Fillmore, New York, who is mostly known as a member of the PokerGO break desk. He studied at St. Bonaventure University, earned a master degree in elementary literacy in 2007 and taught fifth grade before turning to poker. He is Director of Programming for PokerGO, where he assembles the lineups for shows such as High Stakes Poker and Poker After Dark, and during tournament coverage including the Poker Masters and the U.S. Poker Open he works the break desk alongside Jeff Platt and Maria Ho. With Platt he also co-hosts the video podcast No Gamble, No Future, which became a cash game entertainment show in July 2022. He is recorded here as a programmer and on-air commentator for a poker streaming service.