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EPT London seemed like the same story, next verse. Just as in wsope I finished day 1 as a short-ish stack, and then busted early on day 2. And again, it was the coin-flips that were the death of me. After doubling up a couple of even shorter stacks on coin-flips, my day never seemed to get started.

Other Canadians seem to be having better luck. Congrats to Daniel Negreanu for 2nd in the wsope main event (2nd year in a row he final tabled that event) and congrats to Erik Cajelais for 2nd in the EPT london high rollers event. It’s always nice to see my fellow Canadians doing well.

Daniel is pretty much a legend in Canada, and he seems to run deep in every tournament he plays. The 2nd place finish at wsope puts him in 1st place on the all time tournament winnings list. That’s an amazing feat, and well deserved.

I’ve never actually played with Daniel, which is unfortunate, though I do have a story about him. At the wsop main event final table last year, lots of pros came out to watch part or all of the final table. Daniel was one of them. He sat in Peter Eastgate’s section of the stands, which seemed odd, since two Canadians had made the final table (Darus and I), and our section of the stands was side by side. Maybe that was the only available seat though, so whatever.

But after the final table, both my parents told me they were pretty offended that he never even came over to the Canadian section to say hi, or wish us good luck. It was not like you could miss the Canadians as they were all dressed up in Canadian shirts and waving flags.

It didn’t seem like a big deal to me, but I know my father at least said he lost respect for Daniel after that. Daniel is far and away the most famous poker player in Canada, and for him to sit with the Danish fans and cheer for Eastgate rather than the Canadian players seemed like a pretty big snub to him.