Originally Posted by simpdog
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Damn that Sarah Grant for asking Negreanu about Choice Center in this video.
I guess the media aren't in love with Dan Colman.
Reserved star or rich scrub? Colman causes question after $15 million WSOP win
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014...lman-creates-/
Was Daniel standing on a step stool?
Even by the still frame for the vid on the far left you can see someone stepping up onto a dais. Camera is most likely handheld and at eye level off the platform. Shit framing.
Was Daniel standing on a step stool?
this picture is funny to me... it shows all the attention towards Negraenu instead...
https://www.facebook.com/pokernewsdo...type=1&theater
You must have missed the memo. Daniel Colman refused to be interviewed or even acknowledge that he won. He had to be coerced to get this promotional photo with the pile of money.
I suppose the media could have shoved their collective thumb up their own asses & rotated but probably felt that they should at least try to interview somebody pertinent to the situation since their bosses were so nice to send them to Vegas. You make it sound like the media ignored the winner to give all the attention to DN which was not the case.
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Nobody should be forced to do media after a big win but if you refuse to do it then don't expect anyone to want to endorse you.
This is where the kid is leaving money on the table and some media outlets probably hate it even in this case given the fact the runner up Daniel Negreanu is considered one of if not the most media friendly person in poker.
from reading the stuff that he used to be a multi-accounter now I see why he didn't want that attention...
Good for this dude, leaving the media high and dry simply because he wanted no part of it.
Until ESPN, Bluff, Cardplayer et al actually give something back to the players for their time and efforts, fuck em. They need people like him, he don't need people like them. Anybody up for telling multi-billion dollar corporations like the Rio and ESPN to go fuck themselves because go fuck themselves, I'm down with.
does negreanu have to pay both the US and Ca taxes on his one drop winnings?
No.
Colman definitely isn't morally or legally required to give interviews with ESPN.
In fact, after ESPN's poor treatment of me in 2005 (where they played cut-and-paste with my exit interview to change what I was saying), I had planned to boycott future interviews with them myself. (Actually ESPN contracted this out to a third-party company who was producing this stuff, but that's another discussion for another time.)
However, from reading Colman's statement, it isn't a protest against ESPN. It's a protest against poker.
He's basically saying that poker is a predatory game which is bad for society.
Now, I can understand people having a negative view of poker. It's true that most players lose. It's true that many lose what they can't afford. It's true that some with little chance to win are risking their money with the false belief that the game will lead them to millions. It's true that the marketing of the game has indeed led to some of these delusions.
HOWEVER, this is NOT a valid criticism coming from a guy who has made his living from poker. Is Colman offering to return every dollar he's won to those that he beat? Is he giving away all of his winnings to charitable causes? No and no. He is living much better than almost every other 23-year-old, thanks to the same exploitation of weaker opponents and predatory desire to win.
This would be like an NFL player refusing to give interviews because he feels football ruins young lives, while at the same time being happy to cash his large paycheck from the game.
Daniel Colman is a hypocrite.
I know we've read rumors of his multiaccounting and other stuff like that, but at the very least, he's a hypocrite who is taking a moral stance against poker despite supporting himself with it.
Others have been coming to his defense with indictments of ESPN and other poker media, claiming that these entities are exploiting our community and giving nothing back. Had Colman taken the stance of, "I'm not giving interviews to a for-profit company (ESPN) until poker players start getting their piece of the profits. None of us should be expected to work for free", I would have applauded him. Instead, he turned it into a self-righteous indictment of our entire game and community.
For $10m I'd denounce poker players as useless cunts in general.
When faced with a difficult decision, ask yourself "What would Micon do?", then do the opposite.
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Instead of entering the WSOP main event, he should hand out pamphlets from gamblers anonymous.
Then do one final interview and give Caesars/Rio/WSOP the middle finger.
* giggling* at Coleman's reasons for refusing interviews
IMO he has a few skeletons in the closet, maybe he is gay or has experimented and doing interviews which leads to more exposure might cause someone to out him
It doesn't make sense, as the guy is a world class trash talker, issuing challenges and declaring that no one can compete with him
The douche is brash and obnoxious, not morally conflicted
coleman wouldn't be anywhere near where he is today if poker wasn't ever promoted... he should have done more...
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