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Kenner, La. –- The most entertaining man on the AVP circuit has victory, and dancing, on the mind, as he and partner Jake Gibb continue the quest to defend their AVP New Orleans Open title Sunday in the semifinal round against Mark Burik and Russ Marchewka. Casey Patterson, the 35-year old, mohawked tour veteran is ready to start the 2016 AVP season off with a win, then bust out some of his signature sweet dance moves. “If we’re playing well, I’m dancing,” Patterson said. “At the same, I respect a lot of the players, and there are certain players I won’t do it to because I know it makes them play better.” Patterson and Gibb overcame opening set losses in Saturday matches against Theo Brunner and Sean Rosenthal, then Brad Keenan and Ty Tramblie in the quarterfinals, to advance to the final day of the AVP New Orleans Open. “We expect ourselves to be able to play at a high level and make these guys really have to play hard to beat us,” Patterson said. Winning would be enough for most competitors, but Patterson wants to entertain the spectators every time he steps foot on the court. A natural showman, Patterson thrives off of entertaining the crowd during his matches. “I love to get the crowd involved, entertain and call out guys (in the crowd),” Patterson said. During the first set of Patterson and Gibb’s quarterfinal matchup against Keenan and Tramblie, Patterson had some fun with Tramblie’s buddy sitting in the stands. “Brad (Keenan) aced me...

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