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I don't think that stuff matters much anymore.

I play 2 or 3 times a month. Watch a couple vlogs. Watch some hand breakdowns.

I have no idea who won the main event last year. Or the year before. Couldn't care less. I remember some older Asian guy won it kinda recently.

Almost never hear others discussing such things. Last time I played some guy in town for wsop started talking about recent main events, and as far as I could tell nobody at the table had watched any coverage or knew what he was talking about.

Obviously, we know what the ME is as we probably all know what The Preakness is. But nobody actually paid attention to the WSOP.

Danny getting bluffed on the regular on stream

Daniel 6/14, Ivey in 1st and Benyamine 2nd nice run for the old school.

Top 14 paid a 102k+

Daniel Winning at Life?

Not sure about that. He definitely has financial freedom, that’s for sure. But his home life and lack of real close friends is not a winning life. He appears to have a lot of problems at home with the wife who sleeps most of the day and is battling mental illness. Daniel already divorced once before so he knows about bad marriages. His closest friends are basically people he pays…Christian and Patty. He’s not really socially close with other poker players (Hellmuth, Ivey etc). He’s not part of Arian and Deeb’s close knit group or the Rast/Antonio group or Ben Lamb and the Aria regulars or Nick Schulman/Lucky Chewey group or Haxton’s nerd herd. He’s kind of solo with a lot of superficial acquaintances but no real close friends. Same with poker media “friends” (Jeff Platt/Donnie Peters etc.) who like Daniel but also need access to Daniel because he is a star player in the poker industry. No children either. I don’t know. He puts on an act for the cameras but he looks like he has a lot of rage bubbling just under the surface. That’s not someone who is at peace or winning.

This is just hearsay but from what i have heard his sister is super successful and the rumour was that she basically bankrolls him.

Yeah he is grinding comps hard. its all about video poker.

That being said i doubt he is making much money but wouldn't be surprised if breaks about even most years.

Dnegs has a flush... flush > straight. So chop hi and lo.

This seems pretty Parasocial, maybe he has a life outside of poker/vlogs that you don't know about?

The Road to Success
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Laura, who is Allen’s younger sister, completed a BA in Early Childhood Education at Temple University in the 1980s while writing and designing advertising copy for the Progress Newspapers in Horsham, PA.

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I watched most of day 3 coverage of the $50k PPC. Seems to me that Daniel has a bigger edge in limit games than the big bet ones even though he'd tell you the opposite.

Daniel thinks he has the edge in all variants of poker, which is the furthest thing from the reality of the situation.

jeez you need the ride badly

Imagine putting all that on a post because you watch a guys daily 20min vlog

Even if any of your ramble is true, his life is interesting enough for you to watch/deliberate and write that about him. Dude cmon

Who are we comparing him to? I think he does have an edge in almost every game at almost every stake.

I don't think his issue is skill. I think his issues are mental more than anything . For example, he'll still be alive in some tournaments but already thinking about the next one...he has too much money where he loses focus and instead starts to gamble it up for the heck of it... he tilts too much ....

Staying focused and not tilting (too much) is a skill.

Yes, part of his Roll, and he may have had a Role in gaymovies.com lol.

Imagine responding when you are clueless. The point raised by a previous poster was about Daniel winning at life not whether his life and vlogs are interesting. Of course his life is interesting, that’s not the point. You wrongly assume my post was based only on watching his vlogs. I’ve been around the Vegas scene almost as long as Daniel so I’ve heard all the scoop throughout the years. Wise up.

Imagine posting sour in one of the sourest threads on the Forum, about things you have no direct knowledge or insight. What we do know about Negreanu's life is that he's married, lives in a gorgeous house, loves pets, is a very high earner professionally, is a great ambassador for his profession, and is very well known. So I called him a winner at life to remind of these facts and take a wee bit of the sourness out of here.

how much did he win?

He’s guaranteed 100K, but he’s short…

We know that but does he have a lot of chips?

Where the hell did you get that from? Or just pull it out your ass?

It seems pretty obvious every time she’s in his vlog. Definitely would bet she’s downing SSRIs and anti-anxiety meds daily.

If you wake up at like 2pm you’re mentally ill… this proves it I guess

Last years vlog DNegs candidly addressed his wife’s issue, bipolarity I think it was, something like that.

Friendly reminder that virtually anything is allowed in this thread (within reason) regarding Daniel. But negative/speculative posts about Amanda are not allowed.

Obviously there may be overlap between the two due to Daniel's vlogs, but let's err on the side of restraint when it comes to Amanda.

Thank you.