Takt og tone med Daniel Negreanu

Daniel Negreanu har haft et fantastisk godt run ved WSOP med fire cashes og tre finaleborde. Han mangler dog stadig kronen på værket, hvilket er at vinde en turnering. Ikke desto mindre har han skrevet en glimrende blog om, hvordan man bør fejre sine sejre - og det kender han trods alt mere til end de fleste.
"Jeg har spillet poker i 17 år og har en ganske god forståelse for, hvornår det er passende og hvornår det ikke er passende at juble højlydt over sine triumfer og ikke mindst, hvornår man skal vise empati overfor taberne", skriver Negreanu i sin blog


Tre ting du IKKE bør gøre:

1. If you are playing Stud and your short stacked opponent is all in, turn over your river card first whether you are supposed to or not. It's a common courtesy to not torture an all in opponent if they are drawing dead.

2. When you bust a player, it's never OK to celebrate too much. A fist pump is cool, hands in the air is fine, but your first instinct should be to shake the person's hand and offer your condolences. After you've done that, high fiving your buddies is fine, just don't get ridiculous about it in front of the player who just busted.

3. When you beat a player in a huge pot that cripples them, don't babble and babble and babble to them about the hand saying things like, "Phew, thought you might have the King, but I'm like, oh my Gosh, please don't have a diamond in there" with a smile on your face as if the person you beat really wants to share in your glory. This is one of the most classless things you can do. The guy doesn't want to talk to you, or hear about you babbling about the hand in front of them.

Tre ting du med ro i sindet kan gøre

1. If you are all in on a stud pot short stacked and need to squeeze out your river card, you can do that, but just don't take TOO long.

2. If you win a tournament, first congratulate the second place finisher, and after that, with the event being over, you can go bananas with your buddies if you please. Show emotion, why not. People watching (outside of the second place finisher) appreciate seeing how happy you are, so being stone faced when you win doesn't make you "cooler" than the guy who puts his arms in the air and is genuinely happy and excited about the accomplishment.

3. If you are severely short stacked and up against opponents who are all healthy in chips, playing for a relatively meaningless pot, and you happen to survive the all in in miraculous fashion... celebrate! It's such a fun underdog moment! On the felt, playing for scraps, and coming back from the dead.