Daniel Negreanu leaves Pokerstars

[Max Diver]

He has so much money, he won so much on the tables, he is worldwide know as one of the top players of all time... He doesn´t need poker stars anymore.
I hope he gets another sponsor, new one, new ideas, new beggining. A better sponsor.
I follow him on Instagram, he is a great guy, just got married, he is going to have kids and build his family.
Cheers,
M.D.

 

[Milan Godhania]

I only knew him from YouTube, until I played at pokerstars. The first clip I watched showed his funny personality off right away. He made his money.

 

[thatgreekdude]

Always had a lot of respect for Daniel, think he's a classy guy with good character. PokerStars will struggle to replace him.

 

[Cooluck666]

sad, dead inside

 

[valanddon]

Good luck daniel on your new adventure.

 

[tazzmaster62]

sure he is leaving poker stars
but he will allways be here playing cash games
its in his blood

 

[gabryyyel31]

Daniel a.k.a "KidPoker" is a living legend. Best of luck with the new beginning.

 

[ldw22]

Hi There
Whats the diff between old and new pokerstar?
Just want to know
Rgds

Haven't read every single post on this board but seems like nobody replied to molokheia. I have limited knowledge on this, having not played much/at all in the past few years, but I think the main bullet-points are that pokerstars got taken over by a Canadian gaming company named Amaya (now called The Stars Group, I think) and, since then, Amaya have made the rewards schemes considerably worse for regular players, increased the rake at the tables and introduced casino games to the pokerstars brand - that last change was the reason that Victoria Coren Mitchell ended her sponsorship deal with pokerstars, she was happy to be an ambassador for poker, I.E. a skill game, but not for other gambling, I.E. games based purely on luck. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong about any of that, or have missed out any other key changes at pokerstars.

 

[ldw22]

Also, on the main board issue of why Negreanu split with pokerstars, I think they probably wanted to renegotiate and pay DNegs less per year, at which point he probably realised that A.it wasn't worth that annual salary to remain censored by them on certain issues, better for him to be able to speak his own mind on any and all issues; and B.in the social media era, there's no real need for a sponsorship deal in order to retain his poker superstar status, he just needs to maintain his presence on youtube, twitter, etc - and keep on having awesome results at the wsop like he did this year. 16 cashes, 169% return on investment! Boom. And with 4 final tables (fact-check, anyone?) and two runner-up finishes among those cashes. Kid Poker's still got it, y'all!

 

[Shells]

Also, on the main board issue of why Negreanu split with pokerstars, I think they probably wanted to renegotiate and pay DNegs less per year, at which point he probably realised that A.it wasn't worth that annual salary to remain censored by them on certain issues, better for him to be able to speak his own mind on any and all issues; and B.in the social media era, there's no real need for a sponsorship deal in order to retain his poker superstar status, he just needs to maintain his presence on youtube, twitter, etc - and keep on having awesome results at the WSOP like he did this year. 16 cashes, 169% return on investment! Boom. And with 4 final tables (fact-check, anyone?) and two runner-up finishes among those cashes. Kid Poker's still got it, y'all!

I'm not too sure about all the reasons as to why Daniel decided to cut ties with PokerStars (I haven't seen anything other than speculation, so far) but what has been said is the split was amicable. However, I'm pretty sure his goal is to continue to promote poker in a positive light. His life has been changing over the past few months and likely has his sights set on other potential projects. Daniel won't keep us in the dark too long since that's not really his style.

 

[syarbouh]

I'm sure he will be playing again.

 

[Shells]

I'm sure he will be playing again.

He has only left PokerStars as their brand ambassador ...he hasn't left poker.

 

[Nurlanchik]

no

I agree with the above. he will play

 

[molokheia]

Haven't read every single post on this board but seems like nobody replied to molokheia. I have limited knowledge on this, having not played much/at all in the past few years, but I think the main bullet-points are that pokerstars got taken over by a Canadian gaming company named Amaya (now called The Stars Group, I think) and, since then, Amaya have made the rewards schemes considerably worse for regular players, increased the rake at the tables and introduced casino games to the pokerstars brand - that last change was the reason that Victoria Coren Mitchell ended her sponsorship deal with pokerstars, she was happy to be an ambassador for poker, I.E. a skill game, but not for other gambling, I.E. games based purely on luck. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong about any of that, or have missed out any other key changes at pokerstars.

Hi There
Thanks for your reply
Undestood
Best Rgds

 

[CRAVADANN]

big lost for PS

 

[jfofla]

Love him or hate him he has been a fine ambassador for pokerstars and poker in general, but today D-Negs has announced he will be leaving stars behind after 12 years.

https://twitter.com/RealKidPoker/status/1131598749304705024


What are your thoughts on Daniel?

I'm a fan of Daniel Negreanu, I think he's very professional and true.

 

[dimetrio]

It’s a pity that with the changes for the worse in the politics of the room, players leave. The true legend of poker is leaving.

 

[Biibel]

DNeg is funny guy, and i love his passion To the game.

That sais, i dont love his false statements, rake is good and stuff like That.

 

[vladislav99]

good luck for DN

I will take him place in PS))))))))

 

[ch1r4q]

Big loss for PS that's for sure.

 

[Ronaldo7]

Nice! Worse site ever

 

[dgroes]

Nice! Worse site ever

PS is by far the biggest and most reliable I know... What sites do you recommend that beat PS in terms of credibility, customer service and businesss setup?

 

[riverokker]

Wishing Daniel All The Best. Hes The Best player at calling other players hands. Its scary how good he is. Amazing Player. It's about time he dumped PokerStars.

 

[delirium1129]

Wow! Even Dany runing away from PS ))

 

[PerfectRoss]

Hi is the most kind and winsome person in poker world.
Wishing happiness to him!