Anybody like Vince Van Patten?

#1 11-01-2005, 04:46 PM

I actually find his whole schtick quite funny. The cheesy hand names, the wired pairs, his little comments about when players hit a big hand or miss their draw, (Gus has Willie Nelson songs going off in his head, etc). I am probably alone, right?

Zygote · #2 11-01-2005, 05:14 PM

he's pretty

pindawg · #3 11-01-2005, 05:22 PM

Was VVP ever a fish in the big game? I'm curious what games he frequented and maybe someone has some stories or somethin ...

#4 11-01-2005, 05:24 PM

He's the favorite whipping boy of this board. I like Vince, he makes me laugh, he's funnier than Norman Chad who has the same predictable jokes, "ex-wife . . . ", "the prettiest card in the deck. . ."
Also, I was a big Eight Is Enough fan growing up, I liked his dad Dick Van Patten, its hard to dislike Van Patten.

A_Junglen · #5 11-01-2005, 05:25 PM

I enjoy making fun of Vince. I forget what WPT episode it was but he said something like

"he records himself talking at night then plays it backwards in his sleep"

Mike said "Vince, what are you talking about

Vince: "I don't know".

Toro · #6 11-01-2005, 05:26 PM

I don't know why some knock him. I think he's very entertaining.

JimHammer · #7 11-01-2005, 05:45 PM

Yes....but just as a friend.

lonn19 · #8 11-01-2005, 05:58 PM

I like him.

Bingo Bango Bongo!

idrinkcoors · #9 11-01-2005, 06:03 PM

I love some of his lines:

"He's got West Hollywood." (pocket queens).

and when at the Bellagio tourney a player kept checking a guy's raise, Vince said,

"He's hanging around like a bad relative at Thanksgiving."

Jorge10 · #10 11-01-2005, 06:15 PM

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He's the favorite whipping boy of this board. I like Vince, he makes me laugh, he's funnier than Norman Chad who has the same predictable jokes, "ex-wife . . . ", "the prettiest card in the deck. . ."
Also, I was a big Eight Is Enough fan growing up, I liked his dad Dick Van Patten, its hard to dislike Van Patten.

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I like Norman Chad a lot more. The thing that annoys me about Vince is that his comments are never funny. On the newest episodes he sometimes disagrees with Mike Sexton, which also annoys me. He just never seems to bring much to the table except hand names he makes up. Overall he is kind of worthless.

Gabe Kaplan + Norman Chad = Ultimate Announcing Team

I have to say after watching countless hours of poker you need 1 funny guy and 1 guy who actually knows poker. Vince is just not funny enough for me.