Lon McEachern

Lon McEachern (; born ) is an American sports commentator most known for his hand-by-hand commentary of the World Series of Poker on ESPN. He is known as the "voice of poker".

Early life and education McEachern was born in Memphis, Tennessee, one of four children. His family later relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area and McEachern was raised in Corte Madera in Marin County until the age of 19. He attended Redwood High School and played baseball while a student. He later attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and graduated in 1980 with a B.A. in communications. McEachern continued as a mortgage banker for nearly five years, doing poker coverage for ESPN on the side. His nephew, Matthew Wood, is a sound engineer for Skywalker Sound and has worked on numerous Star Wars films.