Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanuis a Canadian professional poker player who has won six World Series of Pokerbracelets and two World Poker Tourchampionship titles. The independent poker ranking service Global Poker Indexhas recognised Negreanu as the best poker player of the past decade...
ProfessionOther
Date of Birth26 July 1974
CityToronto, Canada
hands people attention
Playing people and position post-flop are definitely my strengths. When I get into a hand, I'm aggressive but I'm also paying attention to my opponent's betting patterns.
bets hand hoping throw
I'm like, 'Oh, no,' ... I check. I'm hoping he bets so I can throw my hand away. But he checks.
player thinking guy
The thing that can get confusing is you think, is this guy really a good player or does he just seem that way based on the way that they are playing. That takes longer to figure out, if they really are a good player or they just seem like one [bad].
catch couple flop looked pair queen raise
I thought to myself that with the raise he made, he looked like he had a pair of 8s, 9s or 10s, ... But I thought I'd try to take a flop and catch a king, queen or a couple spades, so I called.
kings winning odds
If you call a hundred dollars but have a chance to win $10,000, those are excellent odds if you are at a table with people who have two aces or two kings. If you catch a flop you will get all their chips. I just play them because there is value.
fold good
I could fold and still have $80,000 in chips, which would be a good day,
hands people
I've seen so many thousands of hands that I am just going to be right more often than most people.
real successful thinking
When you're playing cards you can't constantly think about what the money costs you in the real world. You can't be constantly concerned about that if you want to be successful.