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Vince Van Patten

Vince Van Patten born October 17, 1957 is not a professional poker player in the truest sense of the words, moreover he is barely a poker player at all.  He is actually an actor with a penchant for the game and has lent his name to the growing game in many forms.  Patten began his actin career at a very tender age and has never given up the life that comes with it.  He has starred in several of the biggest hits in television history and also made a large number of movies.  His first major starring gig came with the inception of The Bionic Boy, a spin off of the wildly popular Six Million Dollar Man series starring Lee Majors. This show would not last long and Patten would go on to other projects.  He has had many recurring roles in television and move parts and has been a mainstay in the television commercial industry for many years. 

Because the television roles as well as movie parts became difficult to come by, Patten turned his attention to directing and producing and has found wide spread success in both venues.  He has attached himself to some of the highest ranking television series in the world and has directed many feature films to date.  He owns two television production companies that regularly develop new concepts for the television industry.  Patten says that being a producer is far more rewarding than acting could have ever been as he maintains a certain amount of creative control that is lost with the acting half of the world.  This form has also allowed him to amass quite a large fortune which was not working in the acting realm.

Turning his attention to poker was a big switch.  Patten is not a professional player and has never appeared in any of the live tournaments but he does profess a love for the game like so many others.  To this end he took on the position as the commentator for the World Poker Tour which he shares with another television celebrity.  To this he has also added his face to many of the online venues of poker playing and maintains quite the presence around the rooms.  He does now play in the poker rooms as well but states that it is purely for the enjoyment that he gets from the game as he has no intentions of leaving his current life to pursue poker.