Random Questions with Daniel Negreanu
Thursday, October 19th, 2006We were lucky enough to get fan favorite Daniel Negreanu to sit down with us for another installment of Random Questions.
Only at Life’s A Bluff will you get poker comics, in-depth articles, & this kind of ‘in your face’ questioning.
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Daniel Negreanu
LaB: Is your name really Daniel Negreanu?
DN: Actually it’s Danilov Nagasovic, but I figured that Daniel Negreanu was a much more common name that would be easier for people to pronounce. It was either Daniel Negreanu or Chuck Steele.
LaB: How do you pronounce that?… Danny-ell? Or Dan-yell?
DN: Dan-yell.
LaB: Your Mom makes you meals during your larger tournaments and sessions…does she get a cut and does she cater?
DN: She used to cater actually, for Phil Ivey, Allen Cunningham, and Layne Flack. The year my mother made Ivey food he won three bracelets and all he got her was some lousy flowers. I take much better care of her, bought her a house and all…
LaB: If you were in jail would she bake a cake for you and include a nail file?
DN: She’d go a step further and convince the cops that she’d give me a beating at home I’d never forget. That she could discipline me better than they could. She’d then feed the cops, and they’d have no choice but to let me go.
LaB: Would she drive the get away car?
DN: She’s a terrible driver. I would drive while she closed her eyes and said, “Daniel, don’t go so fast. You’ll get a ticket.”
LaB: Are you a part of a long standing secret Canadian plot to send comics and entertainers to the US to undermine its culture and take over from the inside out?
DN: First rule of C-Club, don’t talk about C-Club. Second rule of C-Club, don’t talk about C-Club… you get the picture.
LaB: Who would you like to see yourself go against in MTV’s Celebrity Death Match?? (is that show on anymore?)
DN: Angelina Jolie. Why?… er, just cause.
LaB: Poti tu speak si a scrie înauntru Român?
DN: I can speak Romanian and understand it, but I don’t read or write it too well.
LaB: Hockey season is here…your pick for the Super Bowl champion?
DN: Idiot, you must be American! It’s the Stanley Cup and I like the Anaheim Ducks (they dropped the Mighty part).
LaB: Everyone suggests that Ed Norton should play you in a movie. Who would play you in a cartoon?
DN: I’m thinking David Spade cause he has that annoying nasally voice that
often sounds a lot like mine.
LaB: What is the craziest thing you have seen someone do in a poker game?
DN: I didn’t actually see it, but Stu Ungar actually peeing on the dealer is right up there on the list of craziest things anyone has ever done at a poker table.
LaB: How about craziest prop bet you ever made and won?
DN: Well, one night at a playoff game in Sacramento between the Spurs and Kings, Phil Ivey and I were hiding bottle caps under our shoe and making the other guy guess what side is up. We were playing for $10,000 a pop and we ended up even in the end.
LaB: What’s with Mike Matusow?
DN: He’s just a kid in a man’s body. Couldn’t hurt a fly and is totally harmless. I can take Mike in small doses, after a while he gets on my nerves too, so you’re not alone there.
LaB: You are the producer of a reality show…. 6 poker players in a house. Name the players, location, & first person voted out.
DN: Has to be in Vegas.
Sam Grizzle for sure. This guy is hilarious
Phil Hellmuth. Without a doubt, he’d be the first to go.
Angelina Jolie… er, just cause. I know she doesn’t really play poker but she can learn!
Eskimo Clark. The dude needs a place to sleep, shave, and take a shower. Life in the van has to end sooner or later no?
Me. It would be fun to be there and listen to Sam Grizzle jab at Hellmuth. Plus… “you know who” would be there.
Mike Matusow. If I’m on the show, I’d need to have a guy in my pocket that I could manipulate mentally so he’d vote how I told him to. Mike’s mellonhead would be a piece of cake.
LaB: Did we land on the moon?
DN: Ok, this interviewer is definitely on something. Wasn’t sure till right then.
LaB: If yes… what about the Van Allen Belts??
DN: Huh?
LaB: If no…. then explain where cheese comes from?
DN: Definitely tripping. That stuff will kill you buddy, “just say no.”
LaB: Would you rather… sit in a room with Phil Hellmuth and listen to him talk about himself all day…. OR… would you rather jump off a cliff?
DN: Listen to Hellmuth. It’s great material for my blog (which you can find at www.fullcontactpoker.com, that’s fullcontactpoker.com). When Phil and I play poker, we don’t just play poker, we play Full Contact Poker. In your face, Full Contact Poker. (Hellmuth has been teaching me how to be subtle when plugging products or endorsements)
LaB: Question from Clonie Gowen… Who is the sickest gambler ever?
DN: Man, that’s a tough one. It’s a toss up between my two good buddies Erick Lindgren and Phil Ivey.
Daniel’s question for the next Life’s A Bluff ‘Random Questions’ interview;
Q: Daniel Negreanu has widely been recognized as the sexiest man in poker, what do you attribute that to?
Find out the answer to that question, and who answers it next week!
A big thanks to Daniel for his time. If you would like to know more about DN and don’t know where to look. Try fullcontactpoker.com and they may be able to point you in the right direction. 
- Frank Frisina
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