 Daniel Negreanu’s highly anticipated video game STACKED™ has shipped to stores, and Kid Poker got the all out star treatment with his very own MTV special last week.
The announcement was made on WickedChopsPoker.com.
The show was shot in The Aladdin Resort and Casino. Apparently, The Aladdin Resort and Casino has gotten very presumptuous, ala The Ohio State University, or Chops circa ’93-99, by including the "The" in front of its name. Regardless, and again according to the press release, the show will feature Negreanu as "he faces a group of college age competition, competes against some of the world’s top ranked poker players and ends the show by sitting down at a table with special celebrity guests, Ryan Cabrera and Benji from Good Charlotte..." Good Charlotte? The only thing good about Good Charlotte is the lead singer is rockin’ Hilary Duff. Otherwise they’re barely more tolerable than Nickelback. But maybe the MTV2 kiddies still like these guys.
Anyway, also of interest, four players who meet certain eligibility requirements from playing STACKED online may be invited to participate in a future program, the MTV STACKED Masters Showdown Special.
And STACKED looks awesome (as you from see from the screen grab at left, which includes David Williams, WHOM NOTHING INTERESTING HAS HAPPENED TO RECENTLY) and has some great buzz.
Daniel Negreanu’s parents, Annie and Constantin, moved to Canada from Romania in 1967 with their two sons.
His winning ways began in 1997 when he won two events at the World Poker Finals at Foxwoods, earning himself $133,600 as well as being named the tournament’s best all-around player. Negreanu followed this triumph in the 1998 World Series of Poker by winning $169,460 at the $2,000 Pot Limit Hold’em event and becoming the youngest WSOP bracelet winner in history — a record he held until 2004.
Over the next few years, he became one of the most successful poker tournament players in history, winning two World Poker Tour (WPT) events, another two World Series bracelets, and appearing at 11 final tables.
Upon opening, the Wynn Las Vegas resort recruited him as their "Poker Ambassador" to play for any stake in their poker room. The arrangement lasted until October 2005 when he opted out because it was restricting his ability to play for high stakes outside the Wynn. However, in December 2005 he started his own online poker cardroom "skin" site on his official site, Full Contact Poker, which also includes his blog and a variety of poker forums. He plays at his cardroom under the screen name "^KidPoker".
Negreanu is known for his ability to "read" other players. This means that he can gather information about his opponent’s hand by studying their betting patterns and physical expressions, although it is difficult to assess how well he, or any other player, is able to do this. He has written over 100 articles for CardPlayer Magazine and contributed to Doyle Brunson’s "bible" of poker sequel Super System II. He has tutored on the web as part of Poker School Online and also personally given lessons to celebrities like Tobey Maguire.
In addition, it was announced in early 2006 that Negreanu had assembled a team of "Superstar Contributors" to write a book called "Daniel Negreanu’s Power Hold’em Strategy". Modeled after Brunson’s "Super/System", the book delves into every aspect of hold’em, and is due to be released in 2006.
Negreanu’s other televised poker appearances include Late Night Poker, High Stakes Poker and Ultimate Poker Challenge (as a commentator and stand-in host.) He will also be appearing in the third season of Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament. |
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Poker guru Daniel Negreanu`s video game STACKED arrives in stores
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