Something that I've always noticed and it's creeping into the last couple of pages here. Daniel is hardly ever (acknowledging) looking past 13 months. In December he talks about his 12 month goals and that's about as far as looks 'out'. Most of prop bets and current body build are short term spots. That's not to say he doesn't look at things behind the scenes with his peeps longer term, but the appearance is that he needs the light in the tunnel a bit brighter for his public image.

I can't really say that's a bad way to go. It's difficult to stay in the forefront of anything. The next best thing comes along and everyone wants to play with the new shiny toy. And yet he's one of the few who have mostly figured out how (or at least choosen to) remain relevant.

He puts so much of his everyday life out there that it's really difficult to think that he's any different out of the limelight ... and I can't really disagree with that either.

I don't know what this 'kid' thing is yet, but it could be an interesting follow for sure. There are plenty of silver spoon kids out there that don't have parents around much, get sent off to 'school' and either crash and burn or disappear into the country club scene that we can only ponder for the most part. One thing I've noticed in all kids is that they need both a 'Yin' and 'Yang' (good cop/bad cop) around and it's up to the 'parents' to determine how much of each works best for each kid. If Daniel ever does bring a child into his life it will be a tough task as to how much exposure is good, and can be handled along the way. GL

Daniel said he is training because he wants to find a woman who also works out and he wants to have babies with that woman. Based on his recent vlogs it appears he is an obsessive narcissist. I am afraid that the more he vlogs, the more he will repel women. Perhaps the best thing he can do for himself is to turn off the video recorder.

I don't think he is as bad as people ITT are making out, or even bad at all. IMO he isn't doing much wrong in his vlogs apart from the over use of "we" which has now increased again.

I think he's earned the right through his success and stature to be a little bit cocky and arrogant within a broadcast/entertainment context.

Sure he's had some personal spats, but this is the gaming industry after all, so it goes with the territory.

The more rake is better issue I see as a separate entity/issue, detached from him as a person.

You completely miss the point of what drives competitive people. It's about constantly challenging themselves in different areas of life in the pursuit of excellence. It's the journey itself that derives the happiness.

You also quoted him incorrectly. He didn't say "If I can stay between 10-15% body fat for the rest of my life I will be happy." He said if he can stat between 12-15% "He would be happy with that." That isn't the same thing as this assertion that he thinks the key to happiness is maintaining a certain body fat percentage.

It's no different then coming in 3rd place in a tournament and saying, "I'm happy with that."

Ultimately, the fact that he always finds new personal challenges to tackle is exactly what fulfills him. There is no illusion that "If I get to 1500 chess rating I will be a happy person."

If you aren't a competitive person, than this way of thinking may be new to you, but many of the most successful people in the world have this mindset of always looking to improve.

Listen to the video again, he say he ISN'T looking for a baby mama. You misquote that aspect of the video and its no wonder you leap to incorrect conclusions about what he said. He simply said, he has decided that he wants to have a kid. He said he isn't looking for a baby mama.

Ah, but this simply isn't true in the least. People with a goal setting mindset absolutely never run out of things to strive to achieve. Perfection is never reached, which means there are always things that the active mind can look to improve upon. Even if its as simple as a video game.

LOL is that actually you, Daniel? I assumed troll at first, but writing style is similar.

Hi Daniel. Hope you find yourself. GL.

Purely speculating here... but it reads like someone legit from DNegsPR. Villager posts imo.

"simply" is a renegs word for sure

Daniel what age range do you use on bumble? PM me for coaching btw

Seems like all Daniel is guilty of is having the mind of an achiever or even champion. Sets challenging goals, faces reality, takes action, monitors feedback/errors, corrects, learns, and keeps marching forward.

He is primarily a poker player and he knows and is committed to it. Unlike the late Eskimo Clark and Stu Ungar, he has other creative outlets. Chip Reese used to criticize Stuey that all he did was gamble. Negreanu does other things that he'll never be world class in, but they are healthy diversions and the goal setting and achieving in those other areas are translatable to poker in that it puts him in achieving mode.

Despite a miserable WSOP, he did win second in a tournament that paid approximately the same money as third place in the main event. His critics will never come close.

Yeah I missheard you Daniel, but the principle is the same. Focusing on having a kid will move you from looking for important things like compatibility (and I don't mean your list even though it's part of it, but more importantly natural attraction, interacting traits etc.) to a goal oriented mindset and "list" thinking, commiting too soon etc.

The Marissa hard breakup her cheating is YOUR responsibility solely, you decided to commit, you decided to stay complacent and just not end it sooner even though it seems you knew ages ago this will not work out eventually and didn't have the chops you act.

The cheating etc. Is just a fluff side symptoms that you should move on from now and stop focusing on such a long time since the breakup.

Seriously check out some advisors out there and you'll see what I mean, they can get you on the right track because right now you seem lost when it comes to that aspect of your life, and at your age figuring it out on your own will take way too many resources and time edit: dint want to mention names because of adverts/getting flak for plugging coaches, but I took almost a year of my life to sort that area of my life out and it's been one of the most important years of my life in terms of overall impact

I hope not, 1500 is pretty damn poor.

I think it's odd for strangers to speculate and try to analyse why someone who you don't know's relationship broke up. It could be for any one of 101 reasons or a combination of reasons.

I'm coming off of what Daniel said himself
- He knew for a while that he doesn't want to have kids with her, even though he might himself
- Breakup was his first messy/not civil
- Constant subtle jabs at Marissa week after week (dinner conversation, now this was mentioned, many others)
- Compatibility was low: This one was VERY mature from him at first! He said that this just happens you find out after the first fire wanes that you are not compatible people, you keep trying but but it's inevitable. And that's just how things are don't look more into it. That was the first breakup VLOG

But then it all slid into petiness and Daniel not being able to let go, and seemingly not learning. This is not a criticism per se, this is very common and is even harder when you're a celebrity who can't really take people at face value.

I just find it fun to analyse because that was my life for like a year, with poker as means to an end, dating coaches, books on psychology, podcasts, radical honesty workshops and just practicing dating, even PUA stuff, you wouldn't believe how important that is especially if that doesn't come to you naturally, even more so in a profession like poker.

DNegsPR - why was I blocked on twitter?

Pretty much this. That was well put. Though, there is an obvious narcistic aspect to it. But imho it is bound to anyone willing to be on the spotlights and anyone megalomaniac enough to think they re legit to speak in the behalf of a group.

Dnegs PR - how long until the hair plugs have to be replaced?

I'm curious about the hair plugs as well
I'm very fortunate myself, my grandfather had hair until his death
but I know my friends are losing theirs in their early 30s and it's getting to them, they start wearing hats etc. And Daniel paid for his and they are starting to thin out a ton again...in the same places? So it it the scalp that's doing that not the individual hairs
And I guess you need to re-do the transplant constantly and/or get other people's hairs grafted somehow?

It looked good when he got it but from the low front shots it's starting to look real thin again

A smart policy for anyone is to block incessant internet trolls. You fall into that category, do you not? You spend an embarrassing amount of hours doing anything you can to paint DNegs in the worst light possible, do you not?

You do this as a paid troll. Your job is to be a troll that essentially creates politically charged attack ads. Cutting phrases from videos and throwing them together to fit your agenda, regardless of their truth or accuracy, do you not?

You work for a man with political aspirations. A man who's modus operandus is to constantly attack any peers he sees as a possible threat to him in any industries he involves himself with, do you not?

Knowing all this, why would you even question why you have been blocked? Is it that difficult for you to understand?

DNegsPR what is your position on rake?

He blocked me and i’m not a troll.

But given his attacks on myself and 2+2, it seems to me that Negreanu had troll characteristics. Or, perhaps he’s just one of those people who can dish it out but can’t take it.

Mason

This is def DN.

DN has always been confused with regard to the difference between "who's" and "whose."