Tennis Pro, Golf Pro, now....

[Vatrlrman]

Got info (Love this blog!)

The Wynn Resort will be coming online in about twelve weeks and the new poker room promises to be the most luxurious in the Kingdom of Poker and the first with a resident pro. Professional poker player and player of the year, Daniel Negreanu, has inked a deal with Steve Wynn to limit his cash game play to the Wynn property. This exclusive deal is for cash games only and will not affect his tournament play. The rumored value of Daniel's deal is three hundred thousand a year. Not exactly the multimillion dollar salaries other professional sports figures command; but certainly a giant step in the right direction. Finally, the professional players are being recognized as sports celebrities and being courted accordingly. I'm not surprised that Steve Wynn would be the first pro poker deal maker; after all, he is always the first to point Vegas towards the future. Congratulations Daniel!

[omahilo]

I dont see how this deal can be that great for Daniel since he could make 300K (or more) in a 8-10 hour session over at the Bellagio 4k/8K game.

[Vatrlrman]

Me either!

There has to be some major "back door" perks for this to be profitable for Negreanu.

EDIT: Now I think about it $300K PLUS taking other peoples money probably isn't that bad a deal

[Talking Poker]

Cheap bastard only offered me $150k to play my live cash games exclusively at the Wynn.

[New Guy]

I'll be going up just to play him and i'll probably lose everything but thats their idea for doing it .Can you imagine all the people that will want to take a shot at him that dont know how to play...It will be worth it to both of them.

[Talking Poker]

Do you have the bankroll to sit at a table with Negreanu? I can't imagine you could even sit down with less than $100k on the table.

[Vatrlrman]

I read one time that he had a OK night at the Omaha H/L table were he lost $130K! He said that was OK for Omaha H/L and that he had made a big comback right before he left.