Jesse May is an American poker commentator and player. Jesse May was born in New York City in 1971 and raised in Madison, New Jersey, where he first became hooked on poker playing with friends. In 1988, he started attending The University of Chicago, but he found that classes were clashing with his poker games, and so dropped out. For six years, Jesse travelled the world playing poker. He often commentates alongside Padraig Parkinson, who has said that it surprises him that May plays so little poker when he is such a good player. May is married and lives in Denmark.