Daniel Negreanu
Global Ambassador, GGPoker. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Daniel Negreanu is a professional poker player with multiple World Series of Poker bracelets and over $50 million in live tournament earnings. Inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2014, he has also authored instructional poker books including Power Hold'em Strategy.
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4said about them ↓ Everything Daniel Negreanu said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Negreanu: Phil Ivey is the best all-around poker player in the world
“He's the best player poker player in the world as far as I'm concerned when you count all the games, and that's Phil Ivey.”
Negreanu: Looking Away or Down Right Typically Signals Dishonesty
“Like if people are not looking at you in the eye, typically like they look away or they look down to the right because they're uncomfortable about you looking at them because they're doing something that they should, or they're saying something that they shoul…”
Negreanu: The best way to pitch investors is without making an ask
“If you really want to pitch somebody, you want to play the long game, don't even make an ask. You know, just be like, man, I'm working on this really great project. It's fantastic. Then at the end of it, don't even ask for anything.”
Negreanu: Mild Alcohol Intoxication Can Act as a Poker Superpower
“Cause with poker, alcohol can lower your inhibition a little bit. So you're gonna just go, trust your instinct. And when I, you know, whenever I've done that, I feel like it's almost like a superpower because It allows you to sort of get past the fear and the …”
Negreanu: Modern Poker Players Take Longer Because They Calculate Combinatorics
“A lot of the more modern players are much more deliberate. They take a lot more time because they're actually doing for the most part, they're doing calculations we didn't used to do. It used to be like this. I'd look at Sam and I'm like, yeah, Sam's full of i…”
Negreanu: Admitting flaws makes a deceptive pitch far more believable
“I'd say an over exuberance of confidence though is problematic. Like if you're just too like, oh my God, this is the greatest thing. If you actually acknowledge Both good and bad. Right. So you're like, listen, we're in great shape. However, you know, we got, …”
Negreanu: The best way to read counterparties is when they are relaxed
“I think the best way to get reads on people is when they are relaxed.”
Negreanu: Formal pitches prevent authentic reads because presentations are rehearsed
“It's much more difficult when everyone's very, very stiff, you know, to get authentic reads. Cause it's practiced, right? Like if you're taking a pitch from somebody, they've probably done this pitch before. So they're just sort of, like, going through the mot…”
Negreanu: Take big risks when starting out, become risk-averse once established
“And I would say that when you're taking risk, you take risk when you're on the low end of the totem pole. That's exactly when you take them, especially in your twenties, you know, whatever you take risk. But once you've established you should be less You shoul…”
Negreanu: Gamblers Self-Sabotage Without a Purpose Beyond Making Money
“I watched many of my peers who went through this pattern of building up a bankroll, blowing it all. And then rebuilding it again. And part of that was they didn't have a foundation, like actually a reason. They didn't have a why, right? So they wake up in the …”
Negreanu: Doyle Brunson Called Poker Pros Gamblers Who Found a Beatable Game
“Doyle Brunson had that famous quote once. It was on a TV show where they asked him and he said, you know, we're all really just degenerate gamblers. We just found something we could beat.”
Negreanu: Most Gamblers Cut Winning Sessions Short and Chase Losses
“I'd say a pretty common leak for 99% of poker players or gamblers in general is when they're winning, you know, everything's great or whatever. They don't play as long. They'll be like, all right, I'm gonna take my winnings. I'm gonna leave. Whereas when they'…”
Daniel Negreanu: Sleep is the most important factor in poker performance
“Sleep in general for poker is the most important thing. It's like, it's the, it's like if our mind is a computer, it's the time where it shuts down and it reboots and, you know, you download all the information so that you're ready to do it the next day.”
Negreanu: Managing Downswings Is the Most Crucial Part of Going Pro
“The downswings are probably the most important part of like how you deal with them is the most important part of becoming a professional poker player.”
Negreanu: Doyle Brunson Ran Manual Hand Simulations Up to 100,000 Times
“Doyle Brunson, before he had computers, he would run simulations by literally getting a deck of cards, a piece of paper and a pencil. He would take an ace and a king against a pair of fours, run out the board and say, okay, ace, king one. And he would do it li…”
Negreanu: Scotty Nguyen's Speech Play Induced Kevin McBride's 1998 WSOP Call
“So I really believe, and Kevin McBride ended up saying, the comment, what he said, we call that, you know, speech play, if you will that did it. That was what got him to call, and Scotty won, you know, Scotty Wynn was the world champion.”
Negreanu: Model and combine top performers' best skills into a composite strategy
“The idea is to create this super player where I take the best skills from all these different people. Look at what works and what doesn't, and then formulate like you know, a game plan that way.”
Negreanu: Poker players now read neck pulses, prompting opponents to wear scarves
“A lot of guys are looking at pulse now. That's like a new thing. So everyone's covering their necks, of course, with scarves and things like that.”
Negreanu: Holds conservative investments like municipal bonds rather than taking risks
“So I play poker for a living, but when it comes to investing and all that stuff, I know nothing about it, but I'm very risk averse. I have a guy, you know, Morgan Stanley guy, municipal bonds. I don't even know what it is. But it's safe stuff. Like I don't gam…”
Negreanu: Gambler Archie Karas Built $45M and $18M Bankrolls and Lost Both
“Archie Karras, who was the craps player, a little bit of a cheat and all these kinds of things at the Binion's horseshoe. He went there and he was winning like a million dollars a day. He had like forty-five million. He had every 5000 dollar chip that the Bini…”
Negreanu updates his mental poker strategy every three to four years
“Every three to four years, I'll update my own software, my mental software by learning the things that they're learning.”
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