Negreanu Daniel Quotes & Sayings

I started out as a teenager I was a snooker player, or pool player. Through that I met some other teenagers that were gamblers, if you will, who started basement games. I was just sort of learning on the go, losing my $10. — Daniel Negreanu

I post probably 5 to 10 times a day in my forum. I have a forum directly related to my blog where I will write my blog and people will disagree with me and call me an idiot so then I will say this is why I wrote that and blah, blah, blah. I spend a lot of time online. — Daniel Negreanu

She felt that she enjoyed it [horseback riding] in a pagan, sensuous way, and always looked forward to renouncing it. — George Eliot

The thing that can get confusing is you think, is this guy really a good player or does he just seem that way based on the way that they are playing. That takes longer to figure out, if they really are a good player or they just seem like one [bad]. — Daniel Negreanu

Touring is very routine. You get to the city, you go to the hotel, you got to be at the hotel by a certain time - it's very routine. I'm not a very structured person, so when I get some structure, it's cool; it's good for me. — J. Cole

I prefer being able to see my opponent. It is just different for me; I didn't grow up with the internet age really. — Daniel Negreanu

If I haven't played with a player before and I don't know anything about them, the more they tell me about themselves, the better I will be able to judge how they think and how they play. — Daniel Negreanu

Real loss only occurs when you lose something that you love more than yourself. — Anonymous

Playing people and position post-flop are definitely my strengths. When I get into a hand, I'm aggressive but I'm also paying attention to my opponent's betting patterns. — Daniel Negreanu

Too many players focus on physical tells. For both online and live games, you should be focusing more on betting patterns and histories. The ability to figure out your opponent's hand based on his betting pattern is a crucial skill. — Daniel Negreanu

I was very curious, that's why I think my reality TV seems normal. I watch a lot of reality TV because I am so interested in people and observing people. From a very young age I can remember watching a woman with a guy and she's rolling her eyes and he's pleading with her and I would think, she doesn't want to be with him, he's in love with her, she likes this other guy and I would make up these stories in my head about these people. That helps me sort of profile people and that is a key to being able to read people. — Daniel Negreanu

If you call a hundred dollars but have a chance to win $10,000, those are excellent odds if you are at a table with people who have two aces or two kings. If you catch a flop you will get all their chips. I just play them because there is value. — Daniel Negreanu

They had decided to renovate their way out of the grief. Neither of them was sure it was a good plan, but it was the only one they had. The alternative was to lie down and slowly pine away. — Camilla Lackberg

If there are gods, why is the world so full of pain and injustice?'
'Because of men like you. — George R R Martin

I've seen so many thousands of hands that I am just going to be right more often than most people. — Daniel Negreanu

Love people and serve them. — Henry J. Kaiser

When you're playing cards you can't constantly think about what the money costs you in the real world. You can't be constantly concerned about that if you want to be successful. — Daniel Negreanu

I think Donald Trump is a complete and utter buffoon and a cancer to our society. — Daniel Negreanu

The majority of players are looking for reasons to fold. I am looking for reasons to play. — Daniel Negreanu

In America everyone plays bang ball, eight ball, nine ball, that kind of stupid crap, but in Canada and Europe they play snooker which is a much more skillful game and I enjoy that. I play pool now with friends, if we go to a bar we will play, but I am nowhere near as good as I once was. — Daniel Negreanu

No matter how much the therapists over the eighteen months have told me that talking will help, I don't believe them. — Ruth Dugdall

I need some money. You got any money? — Daniel Negreanu