Re: Daniel Negreanu - will you ever win again?
In my opinion, Daniel has more pure poker talent than almost any player not named Phil Ivey. However, he has lost his focus and drive for poker and that explains his lack of results.
He will get it back eventually, I have no doubt. It may take a couple of years, and it may take him taking a break from the game for awhile to get that drive back.
With the commercial opportunities available to him, I just don't see him seriously focusing on playing poker like he used to for awhile.
Daniel is smart. He saw what Phil Hellmuth was doing in terms of marketing himself and exploring other money making opportunities. You can make much more money through creating and marketing your brand than playing poker. It's to be expected that his poker results would drop off ala Phil Hellmuth once he made that concentrated decision to switch his focus. In the long run, he will be a much richer man for it.
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