PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu rarely hesitates to speak his mind, and when we caught up with him at the PokerStars Festival event at the Resorts Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, it was no exception.
Negreanu shared his opinion on a variety of topics including what Tournament Directors should do different as a result of the speech play controversy surrounding William Kassouf, what a poker player’s choice for president says about their level of play at the tables and why he is no longer friends with Mike “The Mouth” Matusow.”
Daniel Negreanu recently got caught by PokerFuse team at the PokerStars Festival event at the Resorts Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Daniel was in really talkative mood. We found out few things regarding his opinion on shot-clocks for tv shows, recent drama regarding William Kassouf and the decisions made by tournament directors during that case. Daniel also commented on his relationship with Mike Matusow.
Negreanu:
“It’s super important to make good solid tv shows out of poker and taking 3-4 minutes to make a decision is not the way. If that’s not gonna work thanks to players’ cooperaton we will have to find new ways, perhaps introducing some new rules. Game structures have to be player friendly too. It’s fun for example to play poker with antes only. Thanks to that practically every flop is seen by all players. Instead of recreational players getting to 20% boards they get to many more boards.
Poker industry can attract new players by focusing on allowing appropriate limits, keeping the game fun and making sure the games do not include just 8 teenagers with hoods and shades. Attracting seniors also seem like a good idea as those people have a lot of stories to tell and experience they can share".
Daniel then continued regarding the Kassouf incident: "As for poker I think floor managers should be given the power to tell players who are disruptive that if they continue such behavior whether verbal or by body language they should be told so and if they keep doing that removed from the table for an orbit and so. Sometimes players talk and that gives me information but it should be up to a player if he wants his opponent to shut up. We must have the right to ask people to be quiet."
Last but not least, he talked about Matusow and didn't forget to throw in some of his political agenda: "I’m not friends with Mike Matusow. He has stolen money from me. I have people who owe me money, but he has stolen it from me. People also vote for Trump because they do not like Hilary Clinton, byt Mike votes for him because he’s the same kinda person and I don’t want such guys around me. Trump supporters are not typically the guys that play high rollers, they usually hang at lower stakes. It’s not a secret that Trump supporters are not so well educated.
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