He does talk a lil sh*t but its all in fun. Hes got a funny sarcastic personality. Plus hes has the resume to back it up. The guy has 2 bracelets and holds the record for the biggest cashes while streaming on twitch and youtube. I was like you, before I knew who he was (who the hell does this guy think he is) But after watching his videos he does know what hes talking about he is legit. And as I type this he is 4 of 5 in the one drop and guaranteed at least 800k for the tournament.
Daniel Negreanu (/nᵻˈɡrɑːnoʊ/; born July 26, 1974) is a Canadian professional poker player who has won six
world series of poker (
wsop) bracelets and two World Poker Tour (WPT) championship titles. The independent poker ranking service Global Poker Index (GPI) recognised Negreanu as the best poker player of the decade in 2014.[2]
Since his second place finish in the Big One For One Drop 2014 tournament, he is the biggest live tournament poker winner of all time, having accumulated over $32,600,000 in prize money.[3] He was named the WSOP Player of the Year in 2004 and again in 2013, making him the first (and only) player in WSOP history to win the accolade more than once. He was also the 2004-05 WPT Player of the Year. He is the first player to make a final table at each of the three WSOP bracelet-awarding locations (Las Vegas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific) and the first to win a bracelet at each.[4] In 2014, he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.[5]
Doyle F. Brunson[1] (born August 10, 1933) [2] is an American poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years.[3] He is a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several books on poker.
Brunson was the first player to earn $1 million in poker tournaments and has won ten WSOP bracelets throughout his career, tied with Johnny Chan and Phil Ivey for second all-time, behind Phil Hellmuth's fourteen bracelets. He is also one of only four players to have won the Main Event at the World Series of Poker multiple times, which he did in 1976 and 1977. He is also one of only two players, along with Bill Boyd, to have won WSOP tournaments in four consecutive years. In addition, he is the first of five players to win both the WSOP Main Event and a World Poker Tour title. In January 2006,
bluff Magazine voted Brunson the most influential force in the world of poker.[4]
Tony G
As a child, Guoga was the Rubik's Cube champion of Lithuania before moving to Melbourne, Australia at the age of 11. He has played poker since the age of 18, and is known for his outlandish table talk and frequent intimidation of his opponents. He had a fifth-place finish in the World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris 2003. He finished in the money twice at the 2004 World Series of Poker in Seven-card stud and Pot Limit Texas hold 'em tournaments and three months later earned his then biggest tournament money finish in the WPT Grand Prix de Paris 2004, where his second-place finish to England's Surinder Sunar earned him $414,478. He finished on the bubble later in the same month at the WPT 2004 Mirage Poker Showdown. On August 7, 2005, he won the £5,000 No Limit Hold-Em Main Event of the European Poker Championships, earning £260,000 ($456,822). Later in 2005, he made the final table of the World Speed Poker Open.
In 2006, he won the WPT Bad Boys of Poker II event when his 10♦*8♦ outdrew Mike Matusow's K♠*K♥ on a board of 8♠*10♠*2♥*9♥*Q♣. He wore a kimono throughout the event to promote poker in Japan. Also in 2006, he finished second to Yosh Nakano while representing Australia in the inaugural Intercontinental Poker Championship, taking down $150,000. True to his reputation, Tony G launched many verbal assaults against his opponents, most notably when he eliminated Russian Ralph Perry in fourth place. Tony G started to provoke Perry when he was deciding how to play his hand before the flop. When Perry called Tony G's all-in with a worse hand, Tony G proceeded to ridicule and lecture him. Tony's comments were so scathing that it prompted commentator Gabe Kaplan to quip "I think Tony G is speaking more like a Lithuanian than an Australian" and "Tony G could singlehandedly reignite the Cold War".[20] Guoga was more respectful of some other players, such as Doyle Brunson, calling Doyle his idol after eliminating him.
In November 2006, he won the Asian Poker Tour event held in Singapore, walking away with $451,700, half of which he indicated he will give to Asian and Australian charities to be nominated by
betfair.[21] In February 2007, he appeared on the NBC television program Poker After Dark, coming in third place behind winner Phil Ivey. In November of the same year, he won a tournament in Moscow, earning $205,000. Often telling his opponents that he has a "big heart", Tony claims that he left all of his prize money with the officials to give to Russian orphanages, having been inspired to do so by Barry Greenstein's habit of donating all his poker tournament winnings to charity.[22] In January 2008, Tony received the Shining World Leadership Award in Melbourne Australia.[23] As of 2011, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,000,000.[24] His 14 cashes at the WSOP account for $429,897 of those winnings.[25] Guoga is also the principal owner of a network of high-traffic poker information sites, including Pokernews.com, Pokeraffiliateworld.com and Pokerworks.com.[citation needed]
On February 23, 2010, in Vilnius Guoga established the Lithuanian Poker Federation.[26]
In 2014, Guoga confirmed that he will not be returning to professional poker.[27]
Vanessa Ashley Rousso[1] (born February 5, 1983) is an American professional poker player.[2] Born in White Plains, New York, Rousso holds dual citizenship with the United States and
france.[3] Rousso was a member of Team
pokerstars from 2006 to 2015, with the online name Lady Maverick. She is a spokesperson for GoDaddy.com. She has earned money as a professional poker player since 2005,[4] and has become one of the game's sex symbols.[5][6]
As of 2015, Rousso has finished in the money in numerous live poker events and accumulated over $3,500,000 in career earnings.[7] She has placed in the money seventeen times at the World Series of Poker.[8] In 2007, she won over $700,000 with a second-place finish in the main event of the World Championship of
online poker. She ranks among the top five women in poker history in terms of all-time money winnings.[9]
So again who is Doug Polk especially to suggest on what he prefers someone with much much more accolades them him on what they should or shouldn't have done???