flintsword 4 Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Here is today's summary of Daniel in the run-up to the Poker Hall of Fame race. "A bit harsh" with the Dark Side comment IMHO. Judge for yourself.Daniel NegreanuFormer Life: High school dropout and pool hustler in TorontoCareer Tournament Earnings: $12.4 millionMajor Wins: 4 bracelets and 2 WPT titlesCatch Phrase: Anything he says while impersonating Scotty Nguyen.Claim to Fame: No one has won more money playing live tournaments than Negreanu, and he did it without the benefit of winning a WSOP Main Event.Dark Side: Negreanu is a degenerate prop bettor and was rumored to have lost almost $1 million on the golf course.Chances of Making Hall of Fame in 2009: 25 to 1Ok, it could be worse, but there are a lot of other poker players that have made a poker career of non-stop prop bets. Link to post Share on other sites
SBriand 4 Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 so stating facts is bad?I am pretty sure DN knows he is a degen prop bettor. Link to post Share on other sites
Mercury69 3 Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 If by "degen" you mean "Just like dozens, if not hundreds of other well known gamblers" then you might be right. Otherwise, who friggin' cares what he does with his money? Do people screen babseball players for what they do with their cash before allowing them into the HoF? Well, Pete Rose and a select few others aside...But, seriously, if making prop bets a "dark side", when the HoF in question is for a pasttime of a gambling nature? It just doesn't make sense, except in some ****ed up morality pretzel of illogic by whoever wrote that 'tardfeast. Link to post Share on other sites
nutzbuster 7 Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 How did the Rasta Blackface video incident not be the entry under under "Dark Side" Link to post Share on other sites
DanielNegreanu 141 Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 If prop betting is a "dark side" then Doyle shouldn't be in there and Ivey would NEVER get in lol. Compared to the other poker players out there, my prop betting habits are extremely mild. I just gamble on the golf course mostly. Link to post Share on other sites
ajs510 122 Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I am pretty sure DN knows he is a degen prop bettor.He has nothing on the FCP Hockey boys/girls at Harbour Beach. Link to post Share on other sites
SBriand 4 Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 He has nothing on the FCP Hockey boys/girls at Harbour Beach.That is for sure. That was den of degeneracy there. I was actually thinking about that the other day. I remembered one bet that Dan had 5 seconds to spell Varlamov backwards. Link to post Share on other sites
viva la cam 0 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 If prop betting is a "dark side" then Doyle shouldn't be in there and Ivey would NEVER get in lol. Compared to the other poker players out there, my prop betting habits are extremely mild. I just gamble on the golf course mostly.I see this so called "dark side"everynight on poker after dark hahahahaha. I dont think anyone doesnt do them lol Link to post Share on other sites
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