I thought you were a huge Daniel fan.

Because you check your own score everyday, you know where YOU finished in each event.

Perhaps. But what is there to "check" when you bust out of a tourney out of the money? Granted I don't play a ton of tournies; but when I bust out of the money, do I really need verification that I indeed made no money? I don't chase WSOP POY points; but if I did, if I know I don't get any points for not making a cash, should I be verifying that indeed I got zero points for the tourney I just busted out of the money? Maybe some "pros" need to weigh in on this, but I can't imagine a professional poker player sits there and checks Hendon or WSOP.com to look at their own results on a daily basis: but again, I don't play enough tournies to check my Hendon on even a semi-regular basis.

Better than 60% chance Dannyboy knew he had points he didnt earn

They probably weren't in the POY race.

That said, as far as i know Daniel has always been one of the most honorable people in poker. He deserves the benefit of the doubt based on his history.

He can be a bit out there at times, but i've never heard of him cheating at anything.

One of the main reasons he has the nickname Renegs is because he promised players that he would implore Stars not to scam SN/SNEs for millions of dollars, and that if they wouldn't listen, that he would resign from the company.

Stars refused and he continued cashing his paychecks.

Also, in b4 Mason makes his usual "Daniel did this and hasn't apologized" post.

Has there ever been a story of him cheating people? i'm asking because i really don't know. maybe i just didn't notice.

As far as i know there has never been a cheating scandal involving him.

Danny is the kind of fake MOFO who goes out of his way to tell you how honest and honorable he is YET is always looking out for an honest and honorable way to cheat the system.

Dang right he knew how many points he had but figured if no one said anything then that was on them. Snooze you lose.

You didn't say cheating, you said honorable.

So first example is him trying angle shoots like "oh did I raise to that much, I took the wrong chips lmao" and stuff like that. He thinks that's fine.

Then there's of course him defending Pokerstars over the players when they get absolutely anal raped and he did nothing, yet proclaims to be for the players.

I'm going with this. His blog post just sounded way too gracious to be real.
The more it sinks in, the more it feels like he knew he almost got away with a fast one.

And lol at Daniel not changing his flight so his wife could be home to greet him. It's a nails appointment, compromise and change the flight.

If her fingernails are more important to her than her husband, we should respect her decision.

He did angleshoot and was proud of it
Acted like a professional and/or was biased towards his employer over morals
And his upbeat public entertaining personality has a profound petty passive aggressive dark side, but you can't have one without the other.

Him waving a hand at having a few points extra certainly fits in line with his track record.

Any direct cheating however was never proven.

Being a fan of a particular player does not mean one cannot have a disagreement with the structure by which points are awarded or of any other manner in which the game is played.

Saw him say on Twitter he's owed over $10m.. Ouch!

quality post right here

if he is counting past make up deals/the make up he dropped them in, its crazy, but not that unheard of.

if its all just hard money loans...absurd

As far as how the staking 'should' be handled ...

1) Have a written agreement ... DNegs certainly had that covered
2) Poker Player should 1099 any stakers for profits paid out

It's my understanding that the European package didn't show any profit, but that not all of the stake was used and thus would be returned. No government involvement with that.

I scanned some comments, but staking is not 'accepting bets'. It's more like a short term partnership.

Probably the most common potential trip up is when a staker doesn't want to be 1099'd and thus agrees to let the Player take on all the tax burden by letting them keep a larger portion of the winnings. Should large sums of funds be transferred, especially if sent via electronic measures, then that may get noticed and looked into at a later date.

Another 'fad' of late is the tournament chop. If the casino/tour doesn't facilitate the chop then someone has to agree to 'accept' 1st place money and yet hand some of it over to the other Players. There may or may not be provisions in the chop agreement to cover the additional taxes owed on the larger prize shown on the paperwork. GL

Guys, please keep the POY discussion in one place, the POY thread so folks dont have to follow two threads to keep up.

I wonder how Dexter feels about the POY situation

Big announcement today, Daniel now shilling for GG poker

I always had a bit of a soft spot for Daniel when his sweetheart of a mom used to attend his tournaments and pack him a lunch. I guess it's his mom that I liked.

Some of the attacks on Negreanu and his wife are so ridiculous and petty.
A wife/girlfriend making herself look good by getting her nails hair etc. for a partner returning from an extended trip away is completely normal but I wouldn't expect most of the people posting this to trash realize,due to limited experiences with women other there mother.

daniel, you need to put in more effort when using a burner to make it actually look like a real person with a diverse interest beyond defending everything daniel and throwing shade on Deeb

I happen to like to you, like others i'll poke fun at some things you do but as far as the general poker player population goes, I think you're one of the better guys out there

I enjoy your vlogs and you for all the ribbing I give you here sometimes, you're someone I'd genuinely love to see sit down at my table and engage with socially and if you're unavailable at least maybe I'd be able to buy a round of red stripe with dexter

doing this where you so transparently use a burner instead of just ignoring it all or being transparent that it's actually you makes it very difficult to take you seriously going forward

congrats on the new spokesman deal btw

Daniel, that is hilarious... considering what has come out about your relationships and your unwillingless/inability to please your woman .