21 Aug 10

Daniel Negreanu Interviewed, Attacks Annie Duke

Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu has recently took part in an interview, where he talked about his run at this year's WSOP. Speaking of the Ladies' Championship, he also made a rather unexpectedly rude remark addressed to Annie Duke.

Daniel Negreanu
Photo source: PokerStarsBlog
In a recent interview with PokerPlayer.co.uk, Daniel Negreanu discussed his peformance at the 2010 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

Amongst others, he talked about the famous bracelet bets and revealed that he was one of the ones who bet against Dwan. When asked about the Phil Hellmuth - Phil Ivey bracelet race, he said he sees Ivey surpassing Hellmuth in a matter of years.

However, some sparks came out from the Team PokerStars Pro, when asked about this year's Ladies Championship. He supported the idea of a womans-only event, and criticised fellow poker pro Annie Duke for her stance:

"What irked me is men playing, using tampons as card protectors, and Shaun Deeb wearing a dress. I like Shaun Deeb, though. He’s a good kid – I think he was just misinformed. But then Annie Duke  sticks her nose out and says, ‘Good for you, men, standing up for sexual equality.’ What a load of baloney! They are not standing up for sexual equality.

Then she made some points in her blog that she thinks this event should be abolished, and I’m thinking, there are 1,000 women who love to play poker with each other, and don’t want to have to deal with guys burping, farting and using tampon card protectors and stuff like that.

What irked me is that this woman has the audacity on her website to call herself ‘the best female poker player in the world’. So on one side of the coin she’s fighting for, ‘Oh, we’re all equal, there shouldn’t be any gender thing,’ but when appropriate she decides to call herself the best female poker player in the world.

So I’m like how offensive are you, you f***ing c***? You want to say you’re speaking for women, yet you claim superiority over all of them."

Annie Duke responded to Negreanu's statement in her Twitter feed, telling her followers:

"Thank you for the support. I was certainly shocked at the language myself. I welcome criticism but not abuse."

You can read the whole interview here.