Poker commentators: Best and worst?

[playallday]

Kaplan. Not close for me.

I do enjoy others, like Howard, (or Negreanu the little I've seen him do it.)

But even though Kaplan is on most lists he is STILL underrated imo. He's got the dryest sense of humor on the circuit.

I can see how some people think his jokes are dumb, ala Chad, but I think those people are getting Kotter-leveled. His sense of humor STARTS at about third-leveling.

He is the only commentator that I have ever laughed out loud at.

And the best part is he doesn't ever try to explain or point to the fact that he made a joke... i think most people, with most of his jokes, never even realize he made one, because he does not feel the need to make sure you do.

I think he should write the textbook on how to be funny without being annoying... it rarely gets in the way of the poker.

(This is about his ad-libs in the course of commenting, by the way, not any opening bits they write for him to do in intros)