High Stakes Poker still searching for new host

It looks like we are still waiting for the folks at High Stakes Poker to name a replacement for A.J. Benza. It had been rumored that Shauna Hiatt would be his replacement. Shauna, as most of us are familiar with, was the hostess on the World Poker Tour until 2005. Since then she has had stints on various other poker shows but nothing long term. Shauna has set the bar for every hostess in the business. She projects well on TV, she does not ask dumb questions and she is reasonably knowledgeable about the game although I would prefer that she actually played the game too. But that is not a glaring flaw because she is so comfortable in front of the camera.

Unfortunately, many of the hostesses tend to be either inexperienced and really do not understand the game well enough to ask competent questions or they do not project well on TV and make the entire show look bad in the process. I still believe Evelyn Ng is the logical show to be poker hostess on just about any major poker show. She plays the game, is comfortable in front of the camera and can ask intelligent questions. We can only hope.