FTR AMA: Daniel Negreanu from Team PokerStars, Dec 12 @ 6 PM ET (Closed)

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[gerjal]

Hello
-. You talk a lot in the tables, is to get information, but also makes it to distract the other players.

-. What is the best strategy to try to find out what cards your opponents have.

-. Tournaments which the player in 2013.

-. You always have the same strategy for playing live and online.

-. What do you think of the current and future poker.

[pokerbandit22]

hi Daniel
do you think usa will ever get to go back to playing on pokerstars and fulltilt??
i miss them so much
good luck to you in life and at the tables

[givememyleg]

Let's get DEEP!

What is your philosophy and general outlook on life? Do you have any opinions or beliefs on what this is all about, where it came from, or what one should do with their limited time here? What is reality to you?

[Stacks]

(1) Where's the value in playing on shows like PAD/High Stakes Poker that is chalked full of pros? Do you, as well as all others at the table, feel they actually have an edge in that game? Are some of the pros just incorrect in thinking they have an edge in those games against other top pros?

(2) Do you do any study/review/etc to keep your game improving? If so, what? If not, why not?

(3) Who gives you the most trouble at the table (live or online)? Whether they just run insanely well against you, or play really well against you.

(4) Worst downswing of your career? How did you handle it?

Thanks for doing this.

[PabloPagla]

Daniel, here are some more questions..

1. You talk a LOT at the Poker tables. Is that only to extract information from the other players, or also to distract them?

2. What 'strategy' do you believe is the best to have the most accurate read possible on your opponents?

3. Which events are you planing to play on 2013?

4. Do you have the same strategy when playing Live and Online, or is there any difference in your game?

5. What do you think about the Poker world nowadays, and how do you think the game will evolve in the future?

Thanks!

[mrickett]

What is the most extreme place you have played poker (top of a skyscraper, underground 8-game in Sri Lanka with the local mafia, etc.)?

[pocketfours]

Do you regret that you didn't fold your sixes full vs Gus on HSP or do you still think that it was just a "pretty bad cooler"?

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[mrhappy333]

What do you think about girls getting a tramp stamp with your autograph on their back?

Thanks for all the Twitter updates! how about a follow?
@HansDownarpantz

[mrickett]

What is the most influential moment of your career, without which your career would most likely go in a different direction?

[pokerlady]

Hello Daniel, no questions from me! I just want to say that I really admire you and I think you are one of the few players that can act cool without being disrespectful to the rest of the mortals!! just keep like that

[flonsta]

Daniel, you've always been pretty hard on Hellmuth's abilities (in a frank way). Do you think he's adjusted his game significantly in the last two years? Why has he had such remarkable success these past two WSOP's-- what do you detect about his game that has changed? Thanks in advance.

[givememyleg]

Welcome to KidPoker! Thanks for doing the AMA!

[Pascal]

He's hereeeeeeeee! (sun)

[FacetiousKaren]

When are you going to come to Petawawa (biggest military base in Canada) and do a charity tournament. You and Julian Austin -- him music you cards.. and who ever else I could get to be involved.?? So when?? Fallen Soldiers Canadian.

[pokerlady]

Welcome Daniel!!! thanks for the answers!!

[LoochTerrier]

What do think of the no dealer tables at Casinos like Woodbine?

[surviva316]

Look at all the wimmenz you've attracted with your presence, Daniel! I think the question is obvious.

[dlbarlowe]

How satisfied were you with the White House’s response to the petition submitted by the Poker Players Alliance re legalizing online poker in the US?

[thedevilinme]

If you were asked to run the new ftp site.....who in your opinion best would you hire as a poker pro to re launch the brand and why

[youshowfirst]

Where's Allen Cunningham been? Are you still good friends with him and talk to him regularly?

[kingfishsj]

Hello Daniel,
When is the last time you were broke?
What was your all time high net worth?

[sparked83]

do you fancy celtics chances in the champions league knockout stage?

[kingfishsj]

Have you read your wikipedia page? If so, is it accurate?

[surviva316]

Up until this point in the AMA, which FTR user has the best avatar? Who has the best handle?

[kingfishsj]

If you never played poker what would you have done for a living?

[youshowfirst]

You're known for playing small ball. Do you remember a hand you played in the main event few years ago (06 07 maybe?) where you had AcK and the flop came three clubs vs an indian looking guy (who you jokingly asked how his gas station was) and you just shoved 70+ bbs vs his also big stack and he had qq. That's the furthest thing from small ball and wanted to know what that was about??

[sparkybob]

Hi Daniel.
Would you like a golf lesson in exchange for a poker lesson? I'm in Vegas regularly and think we could both benefit!! Lol

[euphoricism]

Years and years ago, you wrote/said that when playing cash and someone at the table asked if you were up or down, you'd tell them your expected hourly.

As the years have progressed, are you still able to think that way? I was never, ever, able to get the results orientedness out of my head, and I believe it ultimately killed my career.

Also, sucking at poker.

[endoftheroadj]

Have you been to the games in Macau? And why do you call so often when you call out the other person's hand? Do you doubt what you are thinking?

[rasmer]

Why are you vegan ?

[donkpaclypse]

Hey Daniel, big fan from Toronto.

[KidPoker]

That was fun guys. Hope I provided something of value for you, and apologizes for questions I missed. I tried to get to as many as I could. Take care and see some of you in Bahamas for PCA 2013!

[dlbarlowe]

Thanks, Daniel!!! Happy holidays!!!

[givememyleg]

Thanks, Daniel! Was great, appreciate you taking the time to answer the questions from our community. Hope to have you back again.

[pokerlady]

Thank you Daniel!!!

[jyms]

Good, at least he didn't get too far down this thread to some of those questions and FTR still looked like a solid poker forum. Thanks DN

and now that he has Qualified status maybe he can play in a few freetrolls with FTR members too.

[Eric]

Thanks, Daniel!

[euphoricism]

nicely done, ftr

[JKDS]

Aw, i got rejected! Thanks anyway daniel!

[BooG690]

OMG HE LIKES MY AVATAR

[surviva316]

OMG HE LIKES MY AVATAR

If I weren't fired by FTR, I totally would write a blog post about how Daniel Negreanu officially hates puppies.

[eberetta1]

Not every forum can say they had a visit from KidPoker.

If I weren't fired by FTR, I totally would write a blog post about how Daniel Negreanu officially hates puppies.

I do not prefer animals myself, so I am with KidPoker on this issue.
I am not mean to animals, but I see too many people needing attention, so I lean more towards giving my time to people than to animals. I feel the same way towards yardwork. If I have a choice between spending time with people or spending time doing yardwork, goodbye yardwork(I even buy condos to live in so I do not have yardwork).

I sneak a few little pieces of chicken to an animal begging for it. I believe in sharing. And my reward, the animal pukes it up on the floor a few hours later. That's friendship for you. Next time I have chicken, animal jumps up on table wanting my chicken. I can live without the headache.

[surviva316]

I'm sure you're often confused with Confucius.

[eberetta1]

I'm sure you're often confused with Confucius.

Feel free to tell your Negreanu dog story. Like you said, at most the mod removes the post. I try to keep my rants about what I have encountered, so if I get yelled at, I am talking about myself and not spreading rumors about others.

My first remembrances of pets. My father gave my birthday cake when I was six years old to the 22 pets we had in our family as a punishment for me getting into his anniversary cake. When I was six, I saw our family dog eating his anniversary cake, but went back to bed because I was not supposed to be up at the time. When I got up and told my father what I saw, my father said a dog could not eat a cake and leave perfect cuts in the cake, so I must have gotten into his anniversary cake. Now animals do not eat cake I thought, but every single 22 animals ate my birthday cake two weeks later that my father gave them in front of me. A bat, a chinchilla, fishes, a gander, a german shepherd, parakeets, turtles, etc. I was not allowed my birthday cake that year.
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After pondering for 30+ years, I was sitting with my Dad while he was dying of cancer(I was 38, my father 63) and I said father, I finally figured out how the dog ate your anniversary cake leaving perfect slices removed from the cake. He said, I know, you got into it. I said father, the cake was a pre-sliced cake. I said father, there's no other place I want to be than sitting right here by you. He made a cake slicing motion with his hands. We had one of our last laughs there together. Father, son.
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Now, I am not going to sit here and defend KidPoker's or surviva316's like or dislike of puppies. But I can say we each have different experiences in our lives which can have an influence on us for a lifetime. Taking it a step further, what happened to us that, even before our memories, have influenced us and we do not know it influences our decisions to this day.

[Luco]

THE CAKE IS A LIE

[BooG690]

After pondering for 30+ years, I was sitting with my Dad while he was dying of cancer(I was 38, my father 63) and I said father, I finally figured out how the dog ate your anniversary cake leaving perfect slices removed from the cake. He said, I know, you got into it. I said father, the cake was a pre-sliced cake. I said father, there's no other place I want to be than sitting right here by you. He made a cake slicing motion with his hands. We had one of our last laughs there together. Father, son.

This story was hysterical. I laughed out loud.

[surviva316]

This story was hysterical. I laughed out loud.

I now see that beretta got his trolling genes from the best-of-the-best.

[givememyleg]

Here is a full summary of all the questions Negreanu answered: Daniel Negreanu AMA Summary

[givememyleg]

Also, here are the winners of the poker shirt contest. Negreanu didn't get to all of the questions, so we included ones that were unanswered as well:

JohnBoyWWFC, Galapogos, & Stacks

You all were chosen. Please PM me your name, address, e-mail, shirt size (S, M, L, XL, XXL), and color choice (Brown, Navy, Green, Black, Red) if you want an FTR shirt!

[MadMojoMonkey]

And the winning posts were:

In on epic thread.

Do you think players have the right to disallow certain people from certain games just like Annie Duke did with the Epic Poker League? If not, do you think the petition against Howard Lederer in a certain Vegas casino is fair? What is the difference between the two situations in your view?

I think casinos disallowing players based on anything but cheating is a very slippery slope. I don't think its the casino's responsibility to bar players from casinos for being shady, unless there is evidence that they are cheating at poker.

As for the EPL, I thought the ethics committee was a good idea in theory, but overstepped their boundaries when it came to people's personal finances and loans or debts they may owe.

What's with slowrolling the poor asian dude in this commercial and making him sweat?


Have you ever been a total ass at the table? A Hellmuth moment perhaps?

(1) Where's the value in playing on shows like PAD/High Stakes Poker that is chalked full of pros? Do you, as well as all others at the table, feel they actually have an edge in that game? Are some of the pros just incorrect in thinking they have an edge in those games against other top pros?

(2) Do you do any study/review/etc to keep your game improving? If so, what? If not, why not?

(3) Who gives you the most trouble at the table (live or online)? Whether they just run insanely well against you, or play really well against you.

(4) Worst downswing of your career? How did you handle it?

Thanks for doing this.

[agnesamurphy]

I thought a non-poker question was going to be one of the winners. Which one of these is counted as the non-poker question, since they all seem pretty poker related to me.

[pocketfours]

Just give Galapogos all the shirts.

[Galapogos]

Just give Galapogos all the shirts.

All your shirt are belong to me.