flintsword
Sunday, October 4th, 2009, 4:38 PM
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 Negreanu
Former Life: High school dropout and pool hustler in Toronto
Career Tournament Earnings: $12.4 million
Major Wins: 4 bracelets and 2 WPT titles
Catch 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.
donk4life
Sunday, October 4th, 2009, 4:46 PM
SGFULTON83
Sunday, October 4th, 2009, 6:58 PM
CoolHandKai
Monday, October 5th, 2009, 5:58 AM
QUOTE (donk4life @ Monday, October 5th, 2009, 1:46 AM)
SBriand
Monday, October 5th, 2009, 8:07 AM
so stating facts is bad?
I am pretty sure DN knows he is a degen prop bettor.
outsider13
Monday, October 5th, 2009, 8:35 AM
Mercury69
Monday, October 5th, 2009, 1:00 PM
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.
nutzbuster
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009, 6:50 AM
How did the Rasta Blackface video incident not be the entry under under "Dark Side"
DanielNegreanu
Thursday, October 8th, 2009, 9:16 AM
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.
ajs510
Thursday, October 8th, 2009, 12:17 PM
QUOTE (SBriand @ Monday, October 5th, 2009, 12:07 PM)
I am pretty sure DN knows he is a degen prop bettor.
He has nothing on the FCP Hockey boys/girls at Harbour Beach.
SBriand
Friday, October 9th, 2009, 9:34 AM
QUOTE (ajs510 @ Thursday, October 8th, 2009, 4:17 PM)
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.
viva la cam
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009, 3:13 AM
QUOTE (DanielNegreanu @ Thursday, October 8th, 2009, 10:16 AM)
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
