What do you think about this quote from Daniel Negreanu?

[gjwalk]

I would look at this as a chance to move up in the rankings. To be the best you have to beat the best.

 

[Drumsound]

I think at a table of the best 5 players, there is no true "sucker." I get the sentiment, but on any given day any one of those 5 could run the table or end up burning through 6 buy in and going home.

If I was, in fact, the 5th best player in the world, that would NOT be the first time I say with 1-4. Maybe not all at once, but surely I'd have experience with each. I be happy to play and see how the session shook out. Some days I'd leave ahead and others behind. At that level, I'm not losing my whole roll.

 

[quartz]

He's technically right with that statement but I think since so many people are playing at an extreme level now (I imagine it's likely more than 5 playing at the top percentile) the winrate difference between the placings would be negligible and they wouldn't be able to play long enough in their lifetimes to properly realize their slight edges.

 

[lanelane]

I think Daniel wants to say that it's a great honor to be at the table with the biggest players.

 

[DenPit]

gambling

I would say it's not as it's entertainment for me to play with top 5 best players...what's your thoughts?​

 

[stylebender72]

select your games wisely

 

[manzanillo53]

I agree with the premise, but if you are in the top 5, it is a crap shoot as to who is the sucker.

 

[BriceNice]

If you are the 5th best player in the world you are FAR from a sucker, even compared to the top 4. But I get what hes saying.

 

[FoxMS]

Obviously, this is pure truth. I believe that every player should be able to critically evaluate the opponents and the situation at the table as a whole.

 

[Hemified]

That's a good 1..imo numbers dont matter as much as cash because if u win that game yr still probably ranked 5th..

 

[MishkaZL]

If professional players like Daniel play at the table, it is difficult to judge which one is the best before the end of the game. Luck is a variable component, and until the end of the tournament, we do not know exactly which of them will be lucky today.

 

[WeBeMerkinEm]

D N

He is the man either way, I would be hyped to be at that table and if he said that to me it would just give me more fire to want to take them out and show em that i got what it takes!

"You could be the 5th best player in the world, but if you are seated at a table with the top 4 players in the world, well, you are the sucker." (Daniel Negreanu)

https://twitter.com/CardsChat/status/1186930661564784640?s=09

 

[jesuisjesus]

It seems to me that in poker there is no such thing as the best player out of 5. Daniel is certainly good as his job, but there are a lot of players better. You can not choose the best only by the number of prizes.

 

[cris1964]

"You could be the 5th best player in the world, but if you are seated at a table with the top 4 players in the world, well, you are the sucker." (Daniel Negreanu)

https://twitter.com/CardsChat/status/1186930661564784640?s=09

for me, he laughs at himself in the context of the defeat in Player Player of the Year

 

[Arthur ZM]

If you are the 5th best player in the world, of course this is great, but if you sit at the table with 4 players who play you much better, then you are a weak player compared to them. I agree with him. A quote about what needs to be strived to become the best player in the world.

 

[gazdagleszek]

Opinion

As I am not pro i would be proud that I am number 5 and can play with the best of the best but also it is luck not only strategy so never knows

 

[gallora]

He earned his game the right to make such statements.

 

[TDTODDY]

He's right, and it means nothing. Day in, say out, the least at the table takes home the trophy. There are many factors to winning cash or tournys.

 

[canabero]

it's a total exaggeration in real life there are no difference between the 4th and 5th (if there are really a 4th and 5th, do you know what i mean?)