Something else to consider about Daniel Negreanu

[Leonardo]

In addition to what David wrote, I think it is possible that many people have not considered the following:

Daniel may have been preparing for these matches for months/years (1 or 2 anyway). I think that, as David said, Daniel is WAY more sophisticated in his thinking than a lot of people give him credit for. Of course he is going to say "I'm probably not a favourite in these matches etc. etc." .

Is it not possible that for the last year, Daniel has been working incredibly hard on his heads up game, run the math simulations, worked on strategy, played on the net etc etc, then just come out and said "I just feel like gambling, so lets play" ?

My take on the really, really good players is that they pretend that the game isn't extremely mathematical, they don't talk about the math, the preparation etc, they just act as though they turn up and play. I think the really really good players are doing a lot of work behind the scenes.

In summary, I believe that Daniel is a decent favourite in ALL THESE MATCHES. I think he has been working his butt off in the background, waiting for the opportunity to take a lot of players for a lot of money.