I read hellmuth's blog before reading daniel's and I have to say that basicly hellmuth came off in his blog just as he does on TV, with a self-inflated opinion of himself. there wasn't a whole lot that i thought made hellmuth look any different than he does with all his antics and blabbing about being the "best ever," etc. Daniel's blog, however, came off as just completely spiteful to me... i mean he creates the image of the nice, laughable guy on tv, but quite obviously he tends to get jealous of other players easily. He even admitted to it in his "without god i'm useless" blog. i keep reading all these comments on the site about how hellmuth hurt his image with this blog, which just seems so ludicrous.. how does he come off differently in the blog than he does on TV? daniel is the one who comes off as basicly being jealous and completely outside the persona he tries to create. if anything, daniel's blog basicly showed that he has as self-inflated an opinion of himself as hellmuth does and that he thinks he is the one that should be the face of ESPN's poker game, energy drinks, movies, etc. certainly daniel has a very warped idea of how funny he is.. seriously, other than the groupies, who laughs at his "jokes" (saying "pee pee" only is funny at 3rd grade parties and drug rehabilitation clinics btw)?

I have some cut and paste replies to save the groupies time:
"You are just showing your spiteful"
"Someone is jealous of daniel"
"Don't read his blog then"
"get a life loser" -- not sure if this one really applies, but seems like people will use it for just about anything

yes yes.. i'm aware, but i don't create an image of myself and then completely contradict it. oh yeah.. btw danny, i think the majority of people read your blog to hear about high stakes poker life and not american idol stuff. just a thought...

Dn should remember (us too). If you don't have anything nice to say........

ONCE AGAIN, this is DN's BLOG...if you DONT LIKE IT DONT READ IT.

I dont understand why this is such a difficult concept to grasp.

Tough for some people though

If DN is such a bad spiteful person, I would suggest stop reading his blog and supporting his website.

Just a thought

I dont think DN came off of jealous. His blog was just to get a few laughs. Daniel has accomplished more in tounament poker and cash games than Hellmuth in term of what matters, that being money not bracelets, and has nothing to be jealous of.

i'm glad i didn't waste my time in making the cut and paste replies

I think what alot of you don't understand is that most of the pros just heckle each other and enjoy going back and forth. There are a few feuds that are probably serious, but for the most part I think the majority of them are just kidding around.

We don't know most of the relationships among the pros, but I bet you would be suprised who is friends with who.

People rip on Phil Hellmuth, Phil Gordon, Mike Matusow all the time. Does it mean that everyone hates them. No, they just happen to be easy targets for jokes.

I read about E-dog and Phil Gordon taking shots at each other on PAD or some other show, and I think Daniel stepped in and even said that it was all in fun and they are actually friends.

I can assure you that DN is just having a good time poking fun at Phil and nothing is meant by it.

Yes I'm glad you didn't have to waste your time cutting and pasting like I did.

It just gets old, when some retard starts another Daniel's blog war thread.

Every single day somebody starts one dealing with the same crap. Im all for discussion, but use the existing threads to discuss the same old stuff.

I'm tired of hearing people ***** about DN's opinions in his blog. Its HIS blog...and thats basically what a blog is. I dont agree with everything he says, but I don't have to and I can still read and enjoy them.

Learn that opinions that differ from yours doesnt mean the world is coming to an end

haha if we reply to one another's posts so quickly i think we should just exchange AOL handles and keep going from there. i forgot you were a pro btw and don't simply watch the same shows that i do and hear them say that stuff. seem a little bit like a restraining order waiting to happen, but nevermind

LOL up our post counts.

I understand your point of view, I'm just saying, everyday someone starts a thread ripping on Daniels opinions and it just gets old.

And I truly believe that alot of the pros put on a show for the camera. I think they are alot more friendly than we are led to believe. This is not the case for every situation as I'm sure there are some pros who just despise each other.

His blog is hilarious all by itself. I didn't have to do anything to point that out. It was April Fool's, and I thought it would be funny. As for being jealous of Hellmuth there is precisely 0% truth to that.

Morfe importantly, this "image I created?" What are you babbling about? I didn't CREATE any image dude, I just am what I am. There is no "act" to my behaviour.

As for inference that I want to be on the cover of a video game, etc... dude, I've already been there and done that, lol. You have this one completely wrong.

I think you just made this newbies day. Just another anonomous troll looking for any kind of responce to make them feel good.

Someone needs to look up the word "parody" and compare it to "spite"

Just move along to the next thread DN,

Just another person posting on YOUR forum on YOUR website about YOUR blog who absolutely hates everything you have to say.

Hmm...

first of all, no i don't hate everything he says. i read the blog when it's about poker because i'm interested in the life of a pro player, but certainly not about the opinions of the player on subjects such as american idol and the NFL.



I hate to quote blogs, but unfortunately i don't know you so the best insight i have is only what you provide. having said that, the following quotes from "without god i'm useless" would seem to support what i said:

"I'm often irritated, jealous, venomous, spiteful, arrogant, mean, insecure, and all around unhappy."
"At the same time, there is a price to pay for always putting on a smiley face, even when you don't feel like smiling at all."

the first one is kinda self-explanatory. keep in mind that the blog was written a while ago and i didn't just pick those two words from the list to describe the most recent blog. it genuinely came off as sounding both spiteful and jealous in my opinion. mostly because i didn't see the point in mocking hellmuth's blog when daniel himself said that it was, in itself, hilarious...

the second one shows that yes, there is a tv image that is created. obviously there isn't a mutanoid transformation between tv and actual person, but certainly the happy-go-lucky "image" that is apparent on tv isn't exactly the case and that yes, even daniel, is capable of being spiteful and jealous of another player's recent fortune

Here's one more important piece of information that you should consider. If I screw up, I'll admit it. If you made a valid point, I'd admit it. If there were any jealous feelings towards him, I'd admit it.

How could I be jealous of Phil??? It just doesn't make much sense? What exactly would I be jealous of? His Pro Player drink deal, or his Children's clothing line? Seriously, I've never been jealous of him for even a millisecond in my entire life! Patrick Antonious on the other hand, my goodness! Dude is too pretty to be that good at poker! LOL.

haha please, admitting you were jealous of phil would be like shaq admitting he was jealous of kobe. the other players would rip him every time he got on the court. so that can't really be taken seriously. i was suggesting that jealousy existed perhaps in that hellmuth is becoming more of a face of poker than you, certainly by major commercial sponsers (i was pretty surprised ESPN would choose phil of all the players, to be honest, since he admits to not playing as much at high stakes). this is going to get redundant though because i can't argue against you about what you feel.. it simply appeared from the blog that there was an element of jealousy towards the "off-court" awards that hellmuth is receiving when perhaps he is seen by many of the people who actually play the game professionally (once again, conjecture on my part) to be one-dimensional as a player

QFT




...not that there's anything wrong with that...

jt...give it a rest bro. You made your point. Attempting to fillet Daniels character here is just not very original. You are what....number eleventy brazillion in the long line of those who've come before you.


In fact it's borrrring.

I don't think Daniel would ever have any reason to be jealous of Phil. Daniel is more likeable and more fun to watch. Daniel has lots of $$ and poker skills, so really the only thing Daniel could be jealous of is Phil's annoying, pompous personality.

haha, why is it that whenever someone says something negative about daniel that an army of zealots come running from the woodworks... or perhaps mother ship is more appropriate. i mean, i didn't insult his ethnic heritage, i made an observational comment. he responded and then i followed up. if everyone just said, hey great job on that blog, then it wouldn't be very interesting, would it?

he he.....to a large degree I was baiting you dude and you came right in, lol. Daniel obv. doesn't need anyone fighting his battles but I do find it just as interesting how many come after him over his blogs, if for no other reason than just to get a reaction out of folks. And your post was clearly antagonistic.

But, you are right,...everyone is entitled to their opinion for sure.

peace out.

It wouldn't surprise me if this hater is Phil Hellmuth.


He registered just to make this topic. Daniel must have hit a nerve.

None of it has anything at all to due with Phil's level of skill in relation to his percieved level of skill. The blog is hilarious, whether he was a poker player or not, because the shameless plugs are so transparent and his logic is just... well, batty!


The issue you are having with "me" doing it is that I'm also a professional poker player. My guess would be that if some random writer wrote it none of this would have even crossed your mind.

jt_213, all I want to say is: go to exnegreanufans.com TODAY !

We want YOU to join us !

This is the stupidest thing about this inane thread.
So let me get it straight, you feel and act exactly the same all the time? You dont have good days and bad days? You have one emotional setting?

Hows life on Planet Vulcan?

You heard it here first people! He has the gay crush on Patrick.

Daniel and Patrick up in a tree........

Its just a healthy man-crush. So whats wrong with that? Just like me and Leonardo DiCaprio. I mean I wouldnt suck his c*ck or anything but you know, if he needed his balls tickled, different story....

Ya think since this was April's fool's day you can cut him some slack?



I mean it's a day for jokes.


But let's be honest, We all feel a twinge of jealousy everytime we see the picture of Phil without a shirt on.........just a little

LOL, I like Hellmuth, but the guy certainly opens himself up to the jokes.

To his credit, he definitely seems willing to laugh at himself. I'd bet he read Dan's blog and thought it was funny. From all accounts, the two seem to be friends, if not just friendly with each other.

Thanks for making it so easy.

"You are just showing your spiteful"
"Someone is jealous of daniel"
"Don't read his blog then"
"get a life loser"

Common Daniel, don't tell me that you don't want a Main Event victory like Phil Hellmuth has? Bet you wouldn't say no to a bracelet like that on your wrist.

I think you are missing the whole point. It was a parody. It's humor. Nothing more.

I think what Daniel does is perfectly valid. With the popularity of poker, Daniel is more or less forced to be in the spotlight, and that means recognition. It just happens to be that way because Daniel has a talent for poker, and his fame has leaped up because he has a good personality that is entertaining and educational on television.

There are plenty of views that people have that another may like or despise, but because Daniel is in the spotlight, it's magnified much, much more.

For the most part, I really wouldn't go into a long criticism about the guy because he's not making policy, and not effecting how you live your life. It's certainly your right to do so, but just because you have the right to bang your head on the wall doesn't mean that doing so is intelligent.

In fact, I would applaud Daniel for actually taking the time to spend time with people that obviously are fans in forums and in live events, and still maintain a genuine nice guy image to entertain and teach poker fans on television when he plays, especially because at the end of the day, his job deals with the possibility that he can bust and lose thousands upon thousands of dollars, face the world about it because eventually someone will find out and due to his image, be expected to smile and crack jokes for our entertainment. Given that pressure, I think Daniel should get the very opposite post that started this thread.

The OP is right! Daniel is jealous of Phil! Not because of his poker skills, but his beautiful set of boobies!!!

I think we should all be a little bit jealous of PA I mean seriously look at him, oh and hes one of the greatest high limit players around.
fack life is just unfair!

A parody from a different perspective, plus I'm really bored.

I've had some really neat stuff happen. Like getting to play a few sng's to try and win a seat into a WSOP circuit event, and having a tourney director come over and ask me what stakes I wanted before the game. Turns out he was none other than the dealer that dealt the final hand at the Main Event in 2006. I thought he looked like Tom Hanks in person, so we'll just say Tom Hanks came over and said "Hi" before the game. He sorta looked like Dave Matthews as well, so Tom Hanks and Dave Matthews made it a point to talk to me. I'm pretty sure I was on camera saying hi to the security and my adoring fans, and "HOW can you call that!?!?!?". I was pretty fun to watch.

"Suck Out City" the movie, finally got the green light and will go ahead with filming soon...I've also launched a new energy drink called "Donkey Punch" for card players, "ya know ya wanna!". It tastes like fruit punch! Its fantastic! I'll be drinking one an hour during my PS2 WSOP sessions, hoping it propels me to multiple wins.

All these endorsements have inevitably led to me being asked to be the man behind the 2007 Micro Limit Extreme PS3 game. Where you will get a chance to play me heads up for huge pots! You'll also get to hear some of my classic lines (brb...i gotta get a drink.....).

Right now i'm in Omaha, Nebraska, in a $10 dollar a day house with a spectacular view of a backyard and a alley, complete with garbage cans. Tuesday, I spent a large amount on a 2007 six pack of Leinenkugel Berry Weiss, to date its the most I've ever spent on a six pack. Of course i'm not gonna drink it all in one day. I'll have to alternate between the expensive stuff and Keystone Light. The clerk at the mini-mart was in utter amazement when I brought this vintage alcoholic beverage to the counter and shelled out 8 bucks for it. I'm pretty sure i'm the talk of the town.

I decided to enter the UB be a pro freeroll yesterday, I had an hour before I was seated so I joined the boys at a .01/.02 NLHE table sitting with 1 dollar. I got 99 on the third hand and limped that puppy in. There were 5 callers and the flop came down 9c Ah 8h, guy bet .20 cents, everyone folded so I popped it all in. He called with A8 and he missed the boat that would have saved him. I'm up to 1.75 at this point. Very next hand i'm in the big blind with J6, 4 limpers and I check my option. Flop is 9h 6c 6s, I check it, hoping someone bluffs at it. 1 guy raises .10 cents, everyone folds and i smooth call. The turn is a 8, I check again, cuz i got this guy on the phone and I know he's gonna bet hard. I'm pretty sure he doesn't have 99 or a higher kicker with a 6 in the hole. As planned he pops it for a pot bet. So I smooth call again. The river is a 9, I check again...and he pops it all in. I figure we both have a 6 at this point and call. He turns over A9 and drags the pot leaving me broke and wondering how I'm ever going to recover from this.

Well the freeroll is 30 minutes away, and I'm thinking about just sitting it out after this devastating loss. So how do i recover from such a horrible loss? You drink a beer, (yes the expensive kind), kick a few inanimate objects, apply some ice to your now swollen foot, and put in some Pat Benatar "All Fired Up!" and Limp Biskit "Give Me Something to Break", right? It didn't help much but it was worth the effort. I'm still a little steamed so I intentionally show up late to the freeroll, I figure by sitting in late I will send a message to all the other donkey derby participants that I'm not one to be trifled with! I play solid poker for 3 hours and am in the final 20, 5 go on to the finals. I really don't know what happened, I had 60k in chips, well above the average. I started spacing out on the Colbert Report, and not really paying attention to how deep I was. One guy went all in, folded to me and I had AA so I called cuz it was only half my stack. Q10 hit a 4 card flush and drew out on me. I start paying a little more attention because thats NOT supposed to happen, and I need to re-establish my dominance at this table. I fold the next few hands, then I wake up with AA again, (within 5 hands), I've got about 30k in chips and am one of the low stacks so I pop it all in. I get 1 caller with 33 who spikes his 3 on the flop and cracks my aces. I finish in 17th. How can I be so unlucky? I'm thinking I should probably go spend another $8 dollars on a six pack of the good stuff. NO, I can't do that. How do I get my mojo back? Well I decide I'll mow my neigbors yard, free of charge, this recharges the mojo reserves to half their capacity. I need something to take the mojo over the top. THINK damnit THINK! Initially I thought about donating to "Heifer International", but, then I decided I really didn't want to encourage fat chicks. I decided to think about it on the way to McDonalds. When I drove up to the window to pick up my $5 dollar gourmet asian salad, (I know i'm spending frivolously), it came to me. I decided to drop the .75 cents left over into the Ronald Mcdonald House receptacle! My mojo was finally recharged!

Giving to charity and doing good deeds has brought my mojo to a unprecedented level now. I know that there is no loss/bad beat that can reduce my mojo to such a level again! I will be using my mojo when I battle the likes of Chris Ferguson, Alan Cunningham, Phil Hellmuth, Mike Matusow, Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu..(to name a few), through the 2007 season. It is my mojo that will allow me to crush all opposition at every table I sit at. Man I love this video game, i'm a poker genius in it.

Someday soon I will have to thank PH for reminding me that, people are people. Some are well known, some aren't. For every pro poker player out there in the public eye, there is at least, one average person that interacts with people in the same fashion. The only difference is, the pros interactions are publicly documented, whereas the average persons actions are never under the publics watchful eye.

"Fasting til DN answers my email wasn't such a wise decision"

WOW, you people REALLY need a sense of humor! I'm sorry, but Daniel's blog was HILARIOUS! I'm sitting at my computer spitting my drink across the keyboard! That was some comical genius, I must say....and Hellmuth needed to be made fun of for that blog! I mean, whats next? He writes one line, then gets that line sponsored by a major corporation??! lol "I was at the Bellagio playing poker with Phil Ivey, there was this one hand that...well anyway, I was drinking a PEPSI, damn those are good, I'd drink them all night if I could (the previous line was sponsored in part by the "Pepsi-cola" corporation)....lol

The entire blog reminded me of Arena Football (my job, and Hellmuth is of course ALSO a sponsor of the AFL!), you walk on the field, sponsorships on the walls, on the field itself! on the jerseys, on the down markers, etc.., etc...you name it, its sponsored! That was basically the entire point of the Phil Hellmuth blog, and Daniel was point on in completely mocking it, how could you not?! Nothing was more transparent!!

Daniel, dude, that was funny! Please continue your comical rants, don't let a few jack asses change your approach to the blog.

Farting penises stimulate pubic buttcrust.

If I have to read another thread bitching about what Daniel writes in his blog, I might just jab my own eyes out with a rusty spoon. Get over it, hes a poker player with certain opinions about things and thats why he writes them in HIS blog. And this is getting redundant. Why if someone people have such issues with DN's blog do they continue to read it?

I don't like peas, so I don't eat them

If you don't like his blog, then don't read it

And before some anti-DN retard tells me to get off of his nuts, I have no problem debating topics in DN's blog, and its fine if we disagree with him, but stop getting on here and making stupid assumptions about Daniel being jealous of Phil or whatever it may be. You are wasting our time and making yourself look stupid, so just stop...move on...go read Phil's forum if you don't like DN's

What's wrong with peas?

I like pea.

You saying your better than me cause I like peas and you don't?

No Im saying I'm better than the OP cuz I dont like peas and you do

Or something like that?

I think....

I haven't seen a new post bi tching about daniel's blog for awhile now? What set ya off Iowa?

I have read like 5 in the past 2 days, just sick of hearing about it thats all, but I'm moving on, cuz remember I don't like peas, so I don't eat them.

But I like FCP BALLOON GUY...I heart him

kwest4chips.. what possessed you to write another "parody"? haha seriously.. really need to understand that one



first of all, pretty sure you don't need quotations around "me" unless it's you are somehow uncertain of who you are. looks like i'm finding more and more subconcious indications of the two pronged persona that is daniel. tsk...

anyhoo, yes of course it has to do with the fact your a professional player also. i can't see why a person who wasn't a professional player would write anything about his blog, his fame is limited to the poker world and those interested in it. parodies, as you claim your blog to be, are written for a reason. you've said that hellmuth's blog is completely transparent and hilarious in its own right. thus, there really has to be a reason behind making fun of it because quite obviously we can see on our own he's a pompous, self-absorbed person (i love watching phil, so i say that just because well.. that's what he is). the motivations either appeared to be because you simply wanted to make fun of him in a public arena, which petty or mean spirited depending on perspective, or you're making fun of him out of spite. you can't honestly say hellmuth would say "hey daniel, i read your blog and man i really appreciated that humour."

Way to step on my novel! I think you covered this thread fairly well in the first 5 posts...lol, just gotta give ya shiite.

I just did it from the "not so famous" perspective. And i busted out of another freeroll. I guess maybe to get a laugh or two.

JT, dude honestly, just give it up...your never gonna get DN to admit or concede any points that you are trying to bring to his attention. But for someone who just read the blog, you seem very insightful at what message or action DN was trying to make when he wrote this....you must be like some kind of mind reader or something.....props to you as always

ah ok, i thought maybe you were trying to parody the parody or something lol

Nope, but it did illustrate the basic point made awhile ago, I did my take on PH's blog....and no attacks. DN originally did his take on it and a flurry of activity. A nobody post, no harsh reaction. A famous persons post, haters from out of the woodwork.