Daniel Negreanu: You can't win in headphones
Daniel Negreanu tells young poker players to stop wearing headphones and pay more attention
by Alligator Blood | January, 26th 2011 |
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Above: Daniel Negreanu says headphones can be distracting. Er...
Daniel Negreanu has told young poker players to stop whining about variance and luck and concentrate on improving their game.
The 36-year-old, who is top of the all time poker money list, claimed lots of younger players on the pro tour are 'bitter' about their poor results.
And Kid Poker even has a blast at players who wear headphones, suggesting they might learn how to win if they paid more attention.
He ranted: "It annoys me when players who play the tour for three years and don't do anything chalk it up to 'variance'.
"Yeah, has nothing to do with the fact that you suck... you are just unlucky.
"It's often the young kids who may have had one or two scores, now have a backer, are bitter and miserable, and just don't want to face reality. "Either get better, or get a job.
"A kid like Jason Mercier isn't just "luckier" than you, he works harder on his game than you do and that's why he posts consistent results.
Writing in his Full Contact blog, a clearly annoyed Negreanu added: "One kid in particular I saw playing the WSOPE main event talking was about 'donkaments' and variance, and whatever, and how it's all luck.
"Well, he was bitter because he's not very good and hadn't had a score in ages.
"I looked over at Phil Ivey and his eyes were darting back and forth, watching every move, and gathering as much information as possible on his opponents.
"What was this punk doing? On day two of the main event he had his headphones blaring, barely lifted his head, and was reading a book!
"If I staked someone and saw them disrespect my money like that I'd cut them off immediately."
Well, that's you told kids...