Poker pro w/ most business savvy

[Voltron87]

its pretty hard to tell without knowing how much the players are earning from non-poker activities, or without knowing the fine text and that stuff. negreanu could be very high profile, very popular, and thought of as the top dog but maybe he is botching his negotiations and not taking full advantage of his position. for all i know he could be using his name very inefficiently, i have no reason to say that but its pretty obvious that in a lot of ways he is not the sharpest tool in the shed.

[astroglide]

gus hansen has basically flopped with pokerchamps right?

[ggbman]

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la,

Those definitely qualify and are largely what I am curious about - which poker pros are really smart at making tons of money, either leveraging their marketabilty or their bankrolls.

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While i have no real support, i have always heard that Ted Forrest wsa pretty investment savvy and has funneled plantly of money out of poker into other venues. Also, no one has mentioned Dan Harrington, who i believe took his WSOP winnings to help fund a very sucessful busniess, but he could have had that prior his win, i'm not sure.

[kenberman]

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gus hansen has basically flopped with pokerchamps right?

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they were recently bought out by Betfair

[Ulysses]

Voltron,

"but its pretty obvious that in a lot of ways he is not the sharpest tool in the shed."

What kind of stuff are you referring to?

[Voltron87]

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[colgin]

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This is specifically regarding people who are primarily known for being poker professionals.

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If you include Phil Gordon in that category (which I acknowledge is highly debatable), I think he would give Phil H. and Daniel a run for their money just viz a viz poker enterprises. If you look at his past busness success, I suspect that he has more overall business savvy than either Hellmuth or Negreanu.

[La Brujita]

Sam Grizzle?

Just kidding, just a shout out for Barry G. He has done a fair share with charities, and while I don't know if it fits your definition, certainly worth a mention.

I think its this guy

[Voltron87]

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Voltron,

"but its pretty obvious that in a lot of ways he is not the sharpest tool in the shed."

What kind of stuff are you referring to?

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from reading his blog, from the stuff hes written about religion, and from the way i see him argue online with other people. i probably shouldnt have said "pretty obviously", but i did qualify it by saying "in a lot of ways". in a lot ways hes pretty obviously a really smart person and very successful poker player. i dunno, that bit is just my opinion and is wishy washy. but the first bit of the post stands. i was just using daniel as an example for my point, i dont have any reason to think hes a business donk or something like that.