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Originally Posted by tiltnonstop
well my point was, poker is not a sport and daniel negreanu isn´t some sort of superstar. he´s basically a nerd himself and he doesn´t seem all that confident. why? because he posts her and constantly feels the need to justify what he does. seems like he´s in desperate need of some sort of approval from nerds. you will never see anything like that from phil ivey or patrik antonius. so yeah, the whole analogy to some nfl star posting in a yankees forum is completely ******ed.
The fact that poker is not a sport is irrelevant. If you're talking about popularity or Q-rating, he is a superstar. He may not be on the level of Tiger Woods, but he's pretty recognizable.
You say he is desperate for approval and not confident, which I don't believe is true. He has made an honest assessment of his game and realizes the changes he needs to make. Many of the "superstars" aren't able to do that. I'm not sure that the most recognizable player in the game, Phil Hellmuth, has done that to any significant degree.
Again, the analogy of a MLB star (not NFL) posting in a Yankees forum is still a good one.