GG definitely covers his WSOP buy-ins. I think people underestimate what they are paying him yearly for his sponsorship deal. The Vlog is a staple of his deal and provides great promotion for GG and legitimacy to their brand.

They could be paying him 25 million/year and have it in his contract that he makes every effort to play the WSOP.

Doesn't mean they're paying his buy-ins. IIRC DNegs has stated that he pays his own buy-ins. I think he's probably telling the truth.

it's really just semantics at that point though.

The poker community pays my buy ins

There's gold out there if you know where to look (or lived thru it like I did):

Take care of him Amanda!

Holy ****, Amanda looks 12, those were the days...

I'm surprised no one has mentioned DNegs going to the local kids home game the other night. That was pretty cool of him and something those guys will never forget. Check out the videos on his Twitter page.

I lean the same way as HORSE...

I thought it was pretty cool also when I saw this. Kid clearly chanced it when he saw Dnegs walking his dogs. Would have been good episode for a vlog for sure, the kids will have that story for life now.

Negreanus deal is probably something like this:

- Gets paid a lot more than the entire WSOP schedule with max rebuys
- Contract stipulates that he must promote his own image by playing many WSOP events including the biggest buyins

So technically hes telling the truth, but in practice its no difference if he was paid less but the contract said

- GG poker pays all WSOP buyins and rebuys for Daniel Negreanu. Negreanu retains all winnings.

I think it was pretty obvious that he's got a piece of Contenders Clothing 'now' .. perhaps not before .. by the language he was using in various vlogs this year. I've always thought that some Players (especially DNegs and PHell) had a cut of PokerGo somehow/somewhere in the history and perhaps still do. What percentage of the HS Duel matches have had one or the other involved?

He (and his agent) are certainly smart enough to keep the terms of their (many) income streams private. While yes, it is an open market, it's not like we are striving to 'always' be the highest paid quarterback in the Poker Universe. I think it's safe to assume that he has the best deal out there, but it's definitely not in his interest to let the others know what he's getting so they can put pressure on other entities and drive the costs (rake) up across the brands.

I'm sure the transition from Poker Stars to GG was thought out well in advance although I truly believe that the travel for PS was becoming quite tedious. Internet poker in the US was basically dead at that time .. so why be a 'star' for a company that's not even in your backyard? And why not attach yourself to a new/small/developing brand where your interest/influence has a better 'power' position. I can also assume that he (and agent) learned from the previous fiascos of poker brands and have set up whatever arrangement they have with GG (and presumably WSOP) in a manner that would isolate DNegs as they see fit.

It would be great for him to win an event this year. As seen in more than a couple Players this year, cashes don't always add up to profit. How does AKessler do it with nary a big score with 'only' 13 of his last 60+ HM cashes over $5k in the last 14 months? While most poker Players would love to have 60+ HM scores going back through the 2022 WSOP, would they be willing to go through the lifestyle attached to it? How much staking does he get, which buffers the BIs?

Not so sure his 'time off' will be as long .. he was really liking the Triton series (but that would require travel)! GL

I will never understand how that tacky company can possibly pay someone like DNegs enough to make up for the cringe of having to promote boxer shorts with "Big Stack" printed all over them.

so wait, wearing those boxers won't result in me being showered in poker groupie poon? I've been living a lie!

If I ever see someone wearing poker-themed clothes, my first two thoughts are "Cha" and "Ching"

not as good as poker themed themed tatoos but still good.

it's because this thread is mainly for bitter dnegs haters

could you please provide a link? since twitter became X the top posts are all from like 2019 or similar (at least for non-members). it's all disheveled and old posts in no particular chronological order.

A non-poker playing family member sent me this and I was not too excited. Like, obviously I've heard Daniel talk before and some square asking him what the biggest pot he played was and how he knows the other guy's cards... snore.

It was good though. He had a pretty interesting take on why he prefers to compete against other pros, rather than enter a world of private games where he is pretending to be friends with people so he can take their money. We glimpse that world on streams sometimes and I always wonder how some middle aged or older rich person can really believe that the young pro is their friend.

I wished he'd followed up a bit because I've always assumed that the TV pros from the era where these guys were real celebrities could get into big homegames where everybody understands the deal. Like, there must be insanely good games where they are willing to take the worst of it occasionally just for the thrill of playing Daniel, Ivey or guys a notch below that.

^ if it's not a joke then why is it making me laugh?

I mean, if they are giving him an excessive amount of money for "living expenses" with an expectation that he plays events, he is still pretty much being dishonest.

That is Daniel's M.O. tell technical truths that are effectively lies, knowing that a bunch of sycophants will eat it up because he had a good year almost two decades ago.

A lot of celebrities who are insufferable do make-a-wish ****. Even if the motives are good. It's not an exceptional act, and it doesn't take away from the fact that they are insufferable.

This is an old post, but lol. Did you see Jungleman's outfits at two final tables of the $50K 9-game? They were over the top gay costumes, with partially bare chest, chains, pocket book etc.

I guess poker is too macho that most won't directly "come out", perhaps including the subject of this thread.