why is everyone ripping Daniel N? why not Barry G too?

[PokerPaul]

Both of them very good players with big BR's.

Both of them could find easier less risky propositions but at this point its all about bragging rights and "being a man".


Daniel keeps getting critized, but why not BArry? is he that much better? Or is his BR that much bigger?

[ggbman]

It's overdone, but the rational in that Daniel is the one who declared he would play anyone anytime for huge amounts of money.

[kenberman]

b/c Daniel is outwardly obnoxious, and Barry usually isn't

[Russ McGinley]

I, for one, like Daniel. I've never met him but he *seems* like a nice enough guy. However he is also a young millionaire and his head has probably grown a little too big. I remember when Venus Williams first hit the tennis scene, she put out some ridiculous challenge that she could beat any male player ranked 200 or below in the world, and she played some guy nobody's ever heard of and he beat the piss out of her and she complained about him hitting too hard and blah blah blah and that was the end of that.

Daniel gets attacked a lot on here because:
A. His (perceived) constant ragging of 2+2/Sklansky
B. The people who post on his blog/forum are basically his servants and since he rags on 2+2/Sklansky, so will they
C. Most of us are jealous of him, whether they will admit to it or not
D. Daniel keeps saying after his matches how unlucky he got and bad beats, etc.
E. In this current case, Barry G. is a well-respected poster on these forums, and even posts/answers questions in the hell-hole known as the WPT forum

I suspect that if Daniel were to play a match against a truly disliked poker player (Fischman, Boyd, Hellmuth, etc.), a lot more people would be rooting for Daniel.

[BadVoodooX]

There are several reasons why Daniel has recieved most of the criticism.

#1 Daniel's challenge is openended, Barry's situation is fixed. Barry knows he will only be playing Daniel and the mixed format is Barry's regular format in the big game. Daniel left his challenge open to everyone so he could soon be facing a lineup of the world's best at their best games, an entirely different situation than Barry's.

#2 As the guy who bet DN that he would lose a # of of his challenges pointed out, DN has a million distrations going on right now, which Barry doesn't seem to have unless he has more work going on his book than he's letting on.

#3. Barry's bankroll probably is larger than DN's.

None of this is a denigration of DN's ability in any way, but he could be the best overall player in the world and I'd still be inclined to think he's setting himself up for a fall with this format.

[Kevmath]

Also, I don't ever recall Barry writing about: a guy trying to sell him leather jackets, Golden Tee, their video game, a failed online poker site, or black gay prostitutes, among other items.

Kevin...

[Hold'me]

Daniel Negreanu's the man, so is Barry Greenstein. Enough said.

[GrannyMae]

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#3. Barry's bankroll is much larger than DN's.

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fyp

[Klepton]

barry is very professional

[SoftcoreRevolt]

Because Barry is cool and invited everyone on the forums over to his house for a cook out. I had two cheese burgers on grinder rolls.