Daniel Negreanu

It was, I just, I love that aspect, sort of the table talk dynamic, which isn't as prevalent today as it was back then.

Um, but that one sticks out and it probably, because it was one of my first.

It was just so cool to me, you know, like just how he was so calm.

And I think that too added more pressure to the amateur.

And I think like, again, part of it is even back then it was 1998.

There's still a big rail of people and there's lights and they're, you know, they're filming and all this kind of stuff.

And it's a lot of pressure for a guy who's never been in this environment.

And now I'm telling you, it can all be over soon.

It will all be over soon.

Just call.

There's usually some sort of strategy that I think about in terms of what I want to say and whatnot.

But a lot of the time, I just go with it.

Yeah, but in some cases against really good players, you're just giving away information, right?

Like if I'm playing against Phil Ivey, I'm not engaging in anything because he can read through it.

He can sense based on what I'm saying, the clues and where I'm trying to take him.

And he reads through, he sees the tree through the forest or whatever you want to call it, the forest through the trees.

And so then I would just be like,

allowing myself to be exploitable.

I've been thinking about this a lot lately, actually.

It's funny you bring this up because I've been thinking about when I'm at my best.