Daniel Negreanu Needs to Shut Up About PokerStars Rake Changes
7 years ago
28 Mar
If Daniel Negreanu thought he was going to have a lovely day promoting a new and exciting product, then he was sadly mistaken â his cryptic tweet running into a hailstorm of comments regarding the recent rake hike his bosses at PokerStars introduced.
You can sense the excitement from Daniel every time he has something new on the go, but his bubble was burst almost immediately as one less-than-enthusiastic follower jumped down his throatâŠ
âŠand he was followed by podcaster Joe âChicago Joeyâ Ingram who leaped in with a suggestion of his ownâŠ
Dnegs, of course, has defended his paymasters several times publicly over the past couple of years, and canât see what the fuss is all about when people bring up the extra % that players have to fork out in rakeâŠ
âŠbut he has been a fairly lonely figure on the increased rake is good for the game side of the debate, and his harshest critic, Doug Polk, wasnât slow in launching yet another vitriolic attack on his arch-enemyâŠ
For many players itâs not even the rake hike itself which is the main problem, but rather that Stars have once again âhiddenâ the increase from public viewâŠ
âŠand a quick rat-a-tat-tat of five tweets from Ron Mexico had Negreanu running for coverâŠ
He did have one defender along the way, however, a ârec poker playerâ who pointed out that Daniel is caught between a rock and a hard place when it comes to his $multi-million PokerStars contractâŠ
âŠbut others certainly didnât hold back when it came to giving the all-time tournament money-winning Canadian a piece of their poker mindâŠ
So, whatever Daniel Negreanu thought, or hoped, he was going to talk about on Twitter has been lost again in a shitstorm of protest at how PokerStars are âplaying the gameâ, and a simple âEconomics 101â just isnât cutting it with the majority of poker players and fans.
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