Daniel Negreanu
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And I don't think she would be proud of me taking like Grandma Betty's like last five dollars, you know, and again down the street, you know, sending her broke and taking her pension check.
So I play at the high stakes against people who can afford it.
They know who I am.
I'm not a hustler.
I'm not pretending I'm bad at poker to squeeze in.
Like I was thinking about this just yesterday because I played in a game that I
If I played that sort of role, where a lot of guys do, pros that sort of play down their skill level, pretend they're just one of the guys, these guys can make $20, $30 million in a year.
Like, I believe that, like, if I did that, if I said, you know what, I'm going to go down that path, get into these games in LA, you know, and travel and do all this kind of stuff, I can make $20 million a year.
But it feels a little greasy, right?
I don't like to kiss anyone's ass.
I don't like to ask anyone for a favor or things like that.
But yeah, like...
I feel, listen, a rich guy who wants to sit down with a million bucks and get drunk and lose it, I have no empathy for that.
I'm like, I don't have any moral qualms with that.