Daniel Negreanu is an accomplished poker player, but his tremendous popularity has more to do with his great personality and willingness to interact with fans on multiple levels. He recently launched his own poker trivia challenge on Twitter and the first question involved three other prominent poker players:
Tough poker trivia: what poker stat are the following players all tied in: Hellmuth, Ivey, Juanda, Lindgren- hint use http://t.co/bgC6Ux0vo5
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) September 12, 2013
When nobody came up with the correct answer, Daniel gave them a hint and soon after a well-informed follower posted the right answer.
I should add that they are all tied for second place in this category
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) September 12, 2013
The winner was Randal Flowers and fellow poker players were quick to congratulate him for delivering the right answer, while also praising Daniel Negreanu’s clever self-promotion:
@RealKidPoker They all have 6 yrs of $1MM in cashes
— Randal Flowers (@RandALLin) September 12, 2013
It took a player just a matter of minutes to identify the most successful Canadian woman at the World Series of Poker and post the answer on Twitter:
Poker Trivia: which Canadian woman ranks highest on the WSOP all-time money list?
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) September 12, 2013
A one-liner was declared the winner as it came a few seconds before another post identifying Laurence Grondin as the all-time leader in terms of money won at the WSOP:
@RealKidPoker Laurence Grondin
— Chris South❤ (@Southy_C) September 12, 2013
Correct answer @Southy_C Laurence Grondin in 35th place with a bit less than $250k
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) September 12, 2013
With the European Poker Tour in full swing it came as no surprise that the next question was about the country who has the most EPT titles:
Poker Trivia: Which country holds the most European Poker tour title winners?
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) September 12, 2013
Apparently, the United States leads this list with 15 titles:
USA has 15, UK 13, and Germany 10! Next question- who is the leader on the all-time money list that hails from Italy?
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) September 12, 2013
Italian players were supposed to correctly answer the next question, despite the fact that Jeff Lisandro is actually an Australian:
The correct answer is Jeff Lisandro although I’m not sure he speaks a word of Italian! He was Aussie born.
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) September 12, 2013
In his final question, Daniel Negreanu asked the players to choose between Phil Ivey and Phil Hellmuth as the top ranking poker players in the GPI:
Last one! Since the creation of the GPI who has achieved the highest rank, Phil Ivey or Phil Hellmuth and what was the ranking?
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) September 12, 2013
Phil Hellmuth briefly sat on the fourth place almost 3 years ago and Ivey is yet to surpass his performance.
The correct answer is Phil Hellmuth at #4. He reached that position on December 10th, 2010. That’s it for twitter trivia!
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) September 12, 2013
James Hartingan challenged Negreanu, claiming that the United Kingdom has recently tied the United States for the lead after Tom Middleton emerged victorious in Barcelona:
@RealKidPoker With Tom Middleton’s victory in Barcelona, the UNITED KINGDOM actually has 15 titles! The USA also has 15, w/out O’Dwyer.
— James Hartigan (@J_Hartigan) September 12, 2013