Get It Quietly

Football, bollocks and a bit of poker if you're lucky.

Name: Andy_Ward

Location: Enfield, London, United Kingdom

Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Ivey to Negreanu : "You don't play poker no more man, you're a businessman now"

How cool is Ivey ? He rules.

Big Dave D said...: As much as you can have a view on someone from the Net, I always disliked Dan N, certainly from his early RGP days. However I accept that I'm a shit judge of character and people change. I had quite warmed to him from his journal, especially the bit where he visited this sick kid. Very philanthropic I thought. Until, quite gently, he dropped in the fact that a film crew was there. Ahhh.....

Dave; 10:01 PM
Andy_Ward said...: Here's the full quote, from Negreanu's own blog :

I look over my shoulder and it's Phil Ivey at the table next to me having lunch. What a small world huh? Phil was there with his family and a few close friends of his. We talked for a little bit and near the end of the conversation I said, "Maybe I'll see you in the poker room tonight."
"Yeah right. You don't play poker no more man, you're a businessman now." I had no reply because it truly has been a long time since I've played any live poker.

If Negreanu himself concedes the point that's good enough for me. There's more to poker than tournaments.

I have no idea how approachable Negreanu is ; but I didn't say he wasn't. Nor did Ivey. It's not relevant.

Andy.; 5:32 PM