{"id":284222,"date":"2023-08-07T14:40:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T19:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=284222"},"modified":"2023-08-07T17:03:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T22:03:27","slug":"poker-star-negreanu-turns-up-at-high-schoolers-home-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/poker-star-negreanu-turns-up-at-high-schoolers-home-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Poker Star Daniel Negreanu Turns Up at High Schoolers’ Home Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of us wouldn\u2019t welcome a total shark turning up to our friendly home poker game. But for a bunch of Las Vegas high schoolers on Sunday, six-time WSOP bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu\u2019s<\/a> unexpected presence at their kitchen table game was the highlight of the semester.<\/p>\n

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Daniel Negreanu, above, who has career earnings of more than $50 million, had to drop down in stakes when he attended a high schooler\u2019s poker game on Sunday. (Image: GGPoker)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Negreanu reported via his Twitter account that one of the group had summoned up the courage to approach him and invite him to the game while he was out walking his dogs, Rocky and Apollo.<\/p>\n

Walking the dogs, a kid in a suit comes up to me and says, \u2018My friends are coming over in an hour playing our last poker game before going off to college. I know it\u2019s a lot to ask, but will you stop by and say hello to them?\u201d tweeted Negreanu.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Toronto-born poker pro then polled his 546K Twitter followers to ask if he should go. An overwhelming 89.6% said yes.<\/p>\n

Drop in Stakes<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Negreanu arrived at the address armed with merch from sponsor GG Poker as gifts and joined the table for a $0.25\/$0.50 stakes cash game for a $50 buy-in.<\/p>\n

As it turned out, the boys were pupils at Nevada\u2019s most prestigious private school, the Meadows. They wore suits and played poker to classical music, as Negreanu marveled in a video posted to Twitter at these \u201ccultured young men.\u201d<\/p>\n

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They were about to start new chapters in their lives at college. Some would be studying subjects that Negreanu, who dropped out of high school to become a pool hustler, at least claimed he had never heard of.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cClassics and Government? What the hell is that?\u201d he guffawed.<\/p>\n

Negreanu was a big winner at the low-stakes game, but he left the money on the table and went home to tell his Twitter followers that he\u2019d had the \u201cbest night ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Common Touch<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It’s good to see that \u201cKid Poker,\u201d who has gross tournament career earnings of more than $50 million, hasn\u2019t lost the common touch. That\u2019s especially true since, at last year\u2019s WSOP, he documented on his blog being targeted with harassment and attempted extortion.<\/a><\/p>\n

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This included anonymous phone calls from a man who claimed, erroneously, that the poker star had abandoned a wife and family in Lake Havasu, Ariz., and who wanted $1 million to keep quiet about it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Negreanu reported the harassment to the FBI. His wife, Amanda Leatherman, was so creeped out she suggested he hire a bodyguard.<\/p>\n

He obviously didn\u2019t take her advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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