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There is a lot wrong with what you said but let me just cover the two main ones:1) I am not a liberal nor have I ever claimed to be one. I'm liberal on some issues... conservative on others... see Chris Rock's take on that, very funny.2) I'm not offended by Chris signing his name that way. Never was. I suggested to him that many would find that offensive and it might be best if he didn't. I find it beyond creepy and in bad taste for an atheist, but I'm not offended exactly. If I looked and dressed like Bin Laden, Ghandi, Mohammed, or Ted Bundy I wouldn't sign my name that way, but that's just me :-)
I am so glad you didn't try to poke holes in libertarianism, we would have had a debate on our hands :DI have heard you say several times (both on forums and shows like poker after dark, the one with Laak, Antonio, Mike and Hellmuth) that you were in favorof Obama because of his liberal views. If I got this wrong then I apologise.After sifting through the "Wow Phil Gordon Hates Daniel" thread looking for the link, I got bored and decided to quit.But there was a link to your being qouoted as "I asked him to stop signing it that way because it could offend someone. The vast majority of this country believesit Jesus as our lord and savior".Either I am just being stupid and can't remember, or you were misquoted.
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Not offended. Was genuinely giving you advice when it comes to sizing up your opponents. So many factors dictate how well or poorly someone is going to play and everyone has good days and bad days. The trick is to emulate Chip Reese and make your bad days look as similar to your good days as possible. Can't say that I've figured that part out yet, but then again, no one had it figured out like Chip did.
I read/saw somewhere that he believed his D game was not that far at all below his A game. Is this what made him great and is this purely discipline on one's behalf to be able to maintain such a high level or are there other factors?Thx.
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Oh and I forgot to ask. Which chris rock routine was that? I have all his DVD's and would love to have a look.Plus on what issues are you conservative, and which are you liberal.EDIT: I recall something about politics in "Bring the Pain".

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I would like to remind everyone that our very own joethepro watches HSP and WSOP coverage with the hole cards covered up, and after the fourth viewing is able to guess people's hole cards over 70% of the time. I'd like to see Daniel do that.Edit:

3:08 in for anyone who hasn't seen joethepro Episode 1 in a while.
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Cemo you crack me up.Are you a troll? a hater? a nut hugger? A hating troll nuthugger? a hating hugger of trolls nuts? A nut that hugs trolls and hates ...um...ok. I got off track.All I will say is that today DN played in the 5 Diamond. I was in a cash game all day too, and evey now and then I would leave the table to chat a bit say hey, whatever.Many poker fans were in the casino railing today, and guess where the majority of the crowd was gathered, every time I went out there?Like Balloon said, poker overall is in a contraction phase at the moment, but of all the players that are still being followed or popular it;s obvious that DN is still at or near the top of that list.

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I was also railing Daniel today at the Bellagio. Ivey was 3 tables down from Daniel, so was Doyle & Jen Harman. Daniel had people 3 rows deep watching him play, more than any other table. I dont see Daniels popularity dropping at all, in fact, I see him getting more popular. He is the most approachable professional in poker today...bar none.

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Maybe, but if he doesn't get over this infatuation with Phil Hellmuth's nipples, then I see some decline in his popularity ratings amongst young males aged 14-24, which is a good demographic to be popular in.

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As the poster above stated " Interest has gone down". All I am saying is that his personal lifeis effecting his professional life, which is normal. HIs popularity has been slighly dwindling as other posters have been saying? I myself only used to check out FCP but I find myself ar Pocket5 alot more. He needs to go on a MAD poker run. TAke down a couple events at the world series, make a deep run in the MAIN and take atleast one EPT or WPT down, find a cure for Cancer and AIDS, End Terrorism and bring peace to the whole world. Also of coarse he is trying to get a read on the player by calling his hand, but he is obviously putting them on a hand. That is what I meant to say , he can put people on the proper hand a sick amount of the time!
FYPP.S. LOL BG! Genius...
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In order to truly know if Daniel's populatrity is going down amonst his fans you must factor in the decline of poker fans as a whole, then compare Daniel's fan base and it's supposed decline with the percentage of decline of the poker fan.I did just this in order to have a meaningful contribution to this thread.2004Poker fans as a percentage of population of Nigeria - 14%Poker fans in Nigeria that like Daniel - 73%2005 Poker fans as a percentage of population of Nigeria - 13%Poker fans in Nigeria that like Daniel - 71%2006Poker fans as a percentage of population of Nigeria - 10%Poker fans in Nigeria that like Daniel - 62%2007 (first half of fiscal year)Poker fans as a percentage of population of Nigeria - 17%Poker fans in Nigeria that like Daniel - 78%So from this we can see that fan support has actually risen for Daniel and poker as a whole, at least in Nigeria.I wish I could get data from other countries, but I think these numbers would be consistant all across the board, I mean why wouldn't they?/end thread
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I would like to remind everyone that our very own joethepro watches HSP and WSOP coverage with the hole cards covered up, and after the fourth viewing is able to guess people's hole cards over 70% of the time. I'd like to see Daniel do that.Edit:
3:08 in for anyone who hasn't seen joethepro Episode 1 in a while.
Joe the Pro is the NUTS. If DN doesn't bankroll him, he'd be a fool.
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daniel, i can't really respect you again until you acknowledge that you based the fictitious phil hellmuth in your blog on gmanshade. i mean, if you want to plagiarize my life, fine, but at least admit it!

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MUhahahahaha. That Nigerian Post had me cracking up? Has anyone ever fallen for one of those? Anyway, I never said Daniel wasn't popular, I merely asked the question if it had faltered. I remember about 2 years ago he was at an all time high. Coming off his amazing run, opening his new website, stacked and creating protege. Now it seems as though some of the hype may have died down?I was just asking what are the contributing factors...1. FCP to Pokerstars...?2. MOre Results less commercial?3. To much personal and not enough poker content?By the way that was agreat blog yesterday, you see when he writes about poker it is way better then writting about phil helmuth!

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I would like to remind everyone that our very own joethepro watches HSP and WSOP coverage with the hole cards covered up, and after the fourth viewing is able to guess people's hole cards over 70% of the time. I'd like to see Daniel do that.Edit:
3:08 in for anyone who hasn't seen joethepro Episode 1 in a while.
that was me in my D game too. =] on my A game, i only need to watch an episode once before i can start outrageous hand reading.Figger - your avatar is from SYTYCD? lauren?
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Oh and I forgot to ask. Which chris rock routine was that? I have all his DVD's and would love to have a look.Plus on what issues are you conservative, and which are you liberal.EDIT: I recall something about politics in "Bring the Pain".
I think it is from "Never scared" I remember it going something like if you have already made up your mind without knowing what the issue is then your an idoit. At a guess it is around the talk about strippers.
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that was me in my D game too. =] on my A game, i only need to watch an episode once before i can start outrageous hand reading.Figger - your avatar is from SYTYCD? lauren?
You called that hand right. She's my future ex-wife.By the way, your vids are hillarious. Keep up the good work...Unless you were being serious, then keep it up anyways, I can always use a good laffffff.
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Bro, your not serious right now are you?I will bet my money, hands down there is nobody in the world better then Daniel atreading opponents hands. Youtube him in the world series main event. He must have called out like 10-20 exact hands. When he is on his game he is SICK. HSP doesn't do his rep justice!
Hes not even close. Sickest reader by far is pottripper over at absolute.
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MUhahahahaha. That Nigerian Post had me cracking up? Has anyone ever fallen for one of those? Anyway, I never said Daniel wasn't popular, I merely asked the question if it had faltered. I remember about 2 years ago he was at an all time high. Coming off his amazing run, opening his new website, stacked and creating protege. Now it seems as though some of the hype may have died down?I was just asking what are the contributing factors...1. FCP to Pokerstars...?2. MOre Results less commercial?3. To much personal and not enough poker content?By the way that was agreat blog yesterday, you see when he writes about poker it is way better then writting about phil helmuth!
Poker as a whole has decreased in popularity. DN is fine. Also, if anyone wants Stacked, it's 5 bucks at Wal-mart. Weekend at Bernies is 5.50. Go figure.
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LoL, Holy smokes how old is this post?? I haven't been following Daniel for a while now but I am ready to get back on board.I think he Tweets way too much and should get back to Posting on this Blog. Looks the the traffic here has gone down big time.I remember a Time back in 06 where there would be 10 - 20 new posts per day. Is Governator still running this site?Anyway Good Luck on your goals this year Daniel.

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LoL, Holy smokes how old is this post?? I haven't been following Daniel for a while now but I am ready to get back on board.I think he Tweets way too much and should get back to Posting on this Blog. Looks the the traffic here has gone down big time.I remember a Time back in 06 where there would be 10 - 20 new posts per day. Is Governator still running this site?Anyway Good Luck on your goals this year Daniel.
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