Brandon Adams Podcast #54: Interview with Daniel Negreanu

Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) is fresh off a $3.3 million win in the Super High Roller Bowl. Perhaps the most famous poker player on the planet, he is ranked #3 on the all-time money list. We start with a discussion of the new era in poker ("the Solver era") and some recent adjustments he's made in his game. We move on to some deep history - his move from Canada to Vegas; his early years with Phil Ivey, Allen Cunningham, and John Juanda; some very big gambling in the early years; and the "pump-up years" in the poker economy after WSOP 2003, Rounders, and the Andy Beal games. He tells some great golf-gambling stories from the late 2000s, and he explains how his competitive goals shifted from cash games to tournaments. Daniel goes through his WSOP routine each year, which includes a prep period, followed by extreme intensity during the WSOP (where he often gains ten to fifteen pounds), and then a long rest period.
Time Stamps:
00:01:22:32 - Super High Roller Bowl 7 and strategy adjustments
00:02:37:58 - parallels to the galfond challenge
00:05:13:33 - GTO School can’t be right all the time / playing with new/inexperienced players
00:11:40:16 - 2006 tunica
00:13:24:00 - Vegas - Original crew - Ivey, Cunningham, Juanda
00:18:29:55 - What pumps up the poker economy back In the day?
00:24:01:58 - How was your risk aversion changed over time?
00:26:37:36 - Undisciplined period - clip
00:29:15:11 - hypercompetitive streak - Rocky series
00:36:08:05 - focusing only on sleep during WSOP, no exercise
00:40:37:47 - the nightmare opponent list
00:48:01:23 - if you can’t play poker how would you occupy your time?
00:50:01:20 - do you consider your mindset as add with hyper focus?
00:55:12:41 - optimal learning process in poker
00:58:20:23 - golf stories, time away from poker
01:01:01:12 - Patrik gambling stories
01:06:22:15 - The theory of don’t, power of positive thinking
01:09:25:26 - Minus 3M down swing
01:15:37:10 - Fantasy Poker side bets
01:17:14:31 - playing the WSOP Europe
01:18:06:04 - Masterclass course
01:19:56:50 - Player-specific poker notes

[@whodouthinkuare]

Negreanu and Seidel are amazing in that they continually adapt to the modern game, with great success.

[@allboxing9851]

Legend interview already of Kid Poker .

[@mcfly7]

Great interview as always.

[@pkrnut1]

Great episode

[@clapforboobies5892]

Another great conversation. Request to have Gus Hansen on sometime

[@JesseBeahm]

Best Pod with the least subs

[@sambarta9865]

Finally you put the players picture in their numb nail. You will get much more views this way (no offence).

[@ericdoheny9108]

An Adams & Negs pod = +EV

[@DEVIL4POSTER]

True stuff

[@svenyproud]

28:00 I mean my goal with money is to have food and a roof over my head. To achieve this I have to sell my work labour to the average company hence the more money I have the less of a necessity it is for me to sell my ass just to achieve fundamental needs. And even a couple of millions cant rescue me from war were seeing right now. So weird statement from DNegs here...

[@tomzeitler5648]

Helps when you make running quads to beat flopped set of aces right off the bat....

[@BryanPatterson]

Brandon - what was the fallacy you wrote about when a blackjack player refused to accept the idea of making a mistake or kept playing during a hand when a mistake was pointed out and they refused to save face?

[@itsallfake6443]

Please have Ye(Kanye West) on.

[@tekuwheeler3548]

Love from Hilo Hawaii and I'm also vegan like Daniel hahaha