Alfred Joseph Benza is an American gossip columnist and television host.
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Benza was born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, though he moved with his family to West Islip, New York on Long Island shortly after his birth. He has two sisters, Rosalie and Lorraine. After graduating from West Islip High School in 1980, Benza majored in journalism at C.W. Post College on Long Island.
A.J. Benza’s Recent appearances
In 2006, Benza hosted the reality show Cold Turkey II on ION Television.
He appeared as a co-host on the first five seasons of High Stakes Poker (along with Gabe Kaplan) on the GSN. He was replaced by poker pro-Kara Scott for the show’s sixth season.
He wrote an open letter expressing his discontent with network executives at GSN in a post on his blog titled “Flop, A Turn, and a River of Shit”.
In 2020, PokerGO relaunched High Stakes Poker and paired Kaplan and Benza in the commentary booth for the first time since Season 5.