Daniel Negreanu: Pro Poker Player Shares Tips On How To Read People | Ep.98 - Gent's Talk

In this week's episode of Gent's Talk, presented by BULOVA, host Samir Mourani / @SamirMourani sits down with professional poker player Daniel Negreanu / @dnegspoker to talk about his wild career with earnings in the 7-figure range, the highs and lows, how he copes with stress in high stakes games, the World Series of Poker and his role with GG Poker and the secrets to reading your opponents.
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About Gent's Talk:
The Gent's Talk series, powered by Gent's Post and presented by BULOVA Canada is an episodic video podcast conversation with leading gents and rising stars across various industries. Guests include Russell Peters, James Blunt, Jonathan Osorio, Director X, JP Saxe, Wes Hall, Johnny Orlando, Shan Boodram, Dom Gabriel, and Nick Bateman, just to name a few. The conversations range from career path, hurtles, mental health, family, relationships, business, and everything in between. Gent's Talk is the first-ever video podcast to be made available for streaming on all Air Canada domestic/international flights. We aim to have a raw, unfiltered conversations about our guests' lives, how they achieved success, lessons learned along the way, and the challenges encountered.

About Daniel Negreanu:
Born and raised in Toronto, Daniel Negreanu won his first WSOP bracelet in 1998 at the age of 23. Since then, he has earned the status of a true Poker Legend, with over $52M+ USD in live poker winnings, six WSOP bracelets and many other championship titles. He has also appeared in multiple music videos, TV shows and movies, including X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Detention.

Daniel is active in charitable foundations, having hosted the 2023 Viva St. Jude Charity Series of Poker Event, a charity poker tournament in which Negreanu’s team raised $280,000 for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Credits:
Host/Producer: Samir Mourani
Creative Director and Executive Producer: Steven Branco
Video & Sound Editor: Roman Lapshin
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[clarkie]

I was watching this video thinking it was' big boy' poker podcast. When I looked at your creds, you have only 6k subscribers. Wow! You are a great interviewer and our show is professionally done. I predict your show will go far. .Good luck!

[staceybertran]

The questions you asked were really intelligent. I have watched tons of Daniel talking about things and you asked questions that really no one has asked him before. Its always great listening to someone who has found inner peace and remains humble and yet is at the top of his profession.

[masterlee]

I remember that main event in 2001 when Daniel lost that hand. To hear his thoughts now on what he would have done different is priceless. Awesome Video. Great Job!

[MickeyTrick]

Certainly one of the better interviews I’ve seen with Daniel. Great questions, and he took time to answer them. Great job to both of you. Thanks!

[DennisBackhaus]

great interview Samir. Was a pleasure meeting you at the NAPTCUP.

[paulpena]

He gets the Dunning Krueger effect wrong. It's not thinking you're good at everything just because you're good at one thing. It's a cognitive bias where people with limited knowledge or skills in a particular area overestimate their competence. When you are a beginner you imagine you're great and as you gain more experience, ironically, your self-assessment drops as you start to realize how much their is to Poker/chess/golf, whatever.

The inspiration for the Dunning-Kruger study actually came from a bizarre incident involving a bank robber named McArthur Wheeler. In 1995, Wheeler attempted to rob two banks in Pittsburgh with his face covered in lemon juice, believing it would make him invisible to security cameras. He thought this because lemon juice can be used as an invisible ink—he mistakenly assumed it would work the same way on his face.

Wheeler’s flawed reasoning and overconfidence puzzled law enforcement, prompting David Dunning to investigate how someone could be so sure of something that was completely wrong. This curiosity led Dunning and his colleague Justin Kruger to conduct studies on the relationship between skill level, competence, and self-assessment, eventually formalizing their findings as the Dunning-Kruger effect.

[gregscharlach]

The person conducting the interview is outstanding. Well done!

[ryanbarry]

terrific interview dude, daniel is a pioneer

[SupremeDonkeyNumber]

Only seen this channel because of negreanu but you are a very good host. Intelligent and interesting questions and not interrupting, keep it up mate

[marknelson]

This is a fantastic interview. Honest and human. The interviewer here asks insightful questions and spot-on follow-ups. Daniel seems (to me) to be very open and very thoughtful in his responses. I dunno—I don’t watch a lot of content like this, but it struck a chord with me and felt very relevant. Well done to all involved. Much appreciated.

[LeighWest]

Amazing interview, allot of young coming on the scene poker players could learn allot here. Some really really good questions asked!

[lmsiv]

Great questions and led the conversation smoothly ! Nice job. Also very well spoken and insightful guest

[ultimatum.]

Genius. Well-said, Daniel. 33:40 onward.

[davidm]

Great questions, great interviewer, great watch. Man, I ♥poker

[rgreazzy]

Dude. your tone is incredible. i was totally captivated just by your voice. i love you.

[davidjamesroth]

One of the best interviews I've ever seen you're good at asking questions dog thank you

[marcjtdc]

Great show.
GREAT SHOW.
Enjoyed and learned thank you.

[trumanweathersby]

All Great questions bro, great interview

[Recondelta]

I got to be honest you did a great job with the way you asked him questions. I thought you were really on point

[The_SmokeHut]

Daniel Negreanu is the man. Hands down my favorite. As a poker player & as a person.