I presume Negreanu’s whole no re-buy tourney idea ( a good idea) was kicked off because the guys vying for WSOP Player Of The Year Award came under criticism from the likes of Jamie Kerstetter and Lon McEachern for rebuying like banshees for the first few events at Rozvadov.Apparently Sean Deeb might have re-bought eleven times in the first event alone.
Lon McEachern suggested points for the POTY award should accrue through a first bullet only. Excellent idea!
So Daniel Negreanu has some ‘splainin’ to do on this weeks DAT podcast and much of it had me laughing out loud. Of course Daniel is all for doing away with re-buys, he hates hates hates them, but you know does take advantage, but hates hates hates them. After he’s finished explaining himself for several minutes Adam Schwartz casually reminds him of some years ago when Daniel was playing with Layne Flack (?) in a 1K tourney when they re-bought a hefty amount. Daniel takes the bait… and of course goes into Daniel larger than life mode….
...yes, he did re-buy 23 times (twenty three, yes) but then broke his own record by re-buying 27 times (twenty seven, yes). But wait , there’s more…Daniel relates in another 1K tournament (his record) he once re-bought 49 times (forty nine, yes) but as he ended up coming third it was plus EV.
I’ll admit I was laughing through all this but then did think about all those less well-heeled entrants trying to play their way through a tourney facing an onslaught of Pro’s re-buying. Not exactly an even playing field.
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