Daily Rewind: Negreanu's Rant, Brits Crushing in Canada, Gus Leaves Macau
Today we hear from a feisty Daniel Negreanu in his latest video blog. We've got news of Brits crushing over in Canada, and Gus has finally dragged himself away from Macau...
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Watch your nuts, Howard
Daniel "KidPoker" Negreanu is a man who rarely minces his words and today is no different.
The likeable Canadian has recently started producing a number of V-Logs, and in today's instalment he addresses several issues.
Negreanu discusses Jason's Somerville's decision to open up about his sexuality, and doesn't hold back in slamming Lederer, Ferguson and Bitar over the FTP debacle, admitting that he wouldn't mind if "someone bashes Howard Lederer in the nuts with a baseball bat."
Meow...
Holy Macau! Gus finally leaves
Danish high roller, Backgammon savant and ladies man Gustav Hansen was enjoying a remarkable start to 2012. Was being the operative word.
Gus exploded into action in Macau before chalking up some more dosh over at the Aussie Millions in January, but couldn't resist the lure of the Macau cash games on the way home.
He documents a long losing streak in the games, and muses on his blog that missing his flight home "was the most expensive flight I have ever missed and in hindsight maybe the most expensive anyone has ever missed."
High stakes corner
PLO sensation Ben Grundy is back with a bang on PokerStars. The baby-faced assassin is up nearly $300,000 this month and blogs this week about his positive start to the year.
Grundy shows that PLO can be a profitable pastime, posting pictures of his newly built bespoke house in South-West London.
Meanwhile, the past 24 hours have been excruciating for last year's HighStakesDB leaderboard winner, Ilari "Ilari FIN" Sahamies.
The crazy Fin has dropped close to $500,000 since yesterday, spreading the wealth to the likes of "bernard-bb" and Benny "toweliestar" Spindler, both pocketing close to $150,000 for their day's work.
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Rule Britannia
It's been a great week for the Brits in Canada. Tournament pros Nicky Evans and Tom "hitthehole" Middleton both snared chunky scores over at the Fallsview Poker Classic this week.
LockPoker Pro Evans chopped the $2500 tournament heads-up to secure a $240,000 payday, while his compatriot and close friend negotiated a $193,000 chop in the $5000 event, making it a memorable week for the British duo.
Daily Signoff
With Daniel Negreanu getting all hot under the collar this week, we hark back to an interview with him at the 2008 EPT Grand Final. The moral of the story is don't mess with Danny boy...
