﻿{"id":14334,"date":"2026-05-09T15:49:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T07:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/?p=14334"},"modified":"2026-05-09T15:49:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T07:49:53","slug":"daniel-negreanu-craziest-tournament-scam-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/daniel-negreanu-craziest-tournament-scam-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Negreanu details the craziest tournament scam he&#039;s ever seen."},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14334\" class=\"elementor elementor-14334\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c77cee7 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c77cee7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2b5bb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b2b5bb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14335\" src=\"https:\/\/pub-dc2de6f8f0454e48ae0895383ea4705c.r2.dev\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1446-300x200.webp\" alt=\"Daniel Negreanu details the craziest tournament scam he&#039;s ever seen.\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pub-dc2de6f8f0454e48ae0895383ea4705c.r2.dev\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1446-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/pub-dc2de6f8f0454e48ae0895383ea4705c.r2.dev\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1446-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/pub-dc2de6f8f0454e48ae0895383ea4705c.r2.dev\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1446-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/pub-dc2de6f8f0454e48ae0895383ea4705c.r2.dev\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1446-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/pub-dc2de6f8f0454e48ae0895383ea4705c.r2.dev\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1446.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/> <em><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">In a YouTube video, Daniel Negreanu exposes an old-fashioned tournament scam from the 1990s Bicycle Club, where players defraud others by overselling and exchanging shares, an act that borders on antisocial.<\/span><\/em><\/p><h4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong><br \/>It&#039;s fair to say that Daniel Negreanu knows everything about the world of poker\u2014including the darker side of this industry we all love.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fortunately, blatant poker scams are much less common nowadays, thanks in large part to stricter security measures and cautionary tales that have exposed these sordid frauds over the years.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nevertheless, a story shared by Negreanu in his latest YouTube video exposes an extremely ruthless old-fashioned tournament scam, which KidPoker himself describes as almost &quot;antisocial.&quot;<\/span><\/p><h4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Fraud methods<\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On his YouTube channel (which has nearly a million followers), Negreanu tells viewers a story about his time playing cards in the Bicycle Club in the 1990s, using a tournament with $1,000 buy-in as an example to illustrate this scam.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He described how one player would aggressively sell shares before the tournament even started: &quot;I&#039;d walk up to the casino, and this guy would say, &#039;Hey boss, wanna buy 5%? Wanna buy 10%?&#039;&quot;<\/span><\/p><p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Negreanu explained that the key was that this player always oversold himself, accepting backing more than he actually owned. &quot;He would sell at face value (or a slight premium) for value.&quot;\u00a0<span class=\"katex\"><span class=\"katex-mathml\">2,500 shares... so now he bought the tournament, he has...<\/span><span class=\"katex-html\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"base\"><span class=\"mord\">2<\/span><span class=\"mpunct\">,<\/span><span class=\"mord\">500<\/span><span class=\"mord cjk_fallback\">Shares<\/span><span class=\"minner\">\u2026\u2026<\/span><span class=\"mord cjk_fallback\">So now he&#039;s bought into the tournament, he has...<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>He had 1,000, plus 1,500 TP4T, but he oversold it. So if he makes the money in this tournament, he&#039;s doomed; he&#039;ll lose money.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&quot;If he makes it into the money in this tournament, he&#039;s done for; he&#039;ll lose money.&quot;<\/span><\/p><p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">From that point on, as the tournament progressed and chips began to accumulate, the scam took shape. &quot;Well, he wasn&#039;t going to cash in this tournament. What he did was play well; he tried to accumulate chips. So now he has...&quot;\u00a0<span class=\"katex\"><span class=\"katex-mathml\">He made a profit of 1,500, and then at the poker table he said, &quot;Hey boss, want to exchange 5?&quot;<\/span><span class=\"katex-html\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"base\"><span class=\"mord\">1<\/span><span class=\"mpunct\">,<\/span><span class=\"mord\">500<\/span><span class=\"mord cjk_fallback\">He talked about the profits, and then at the poker table he said, &quot;Hey boss, want to trade?&quot;<\/span><span class=\"mord\">5<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>1,500.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">While Negreanu admitted he found the scam audacious and even somewhat amusing, he made it clear that it was wrong, even bordering on &quot;antisocial.&quot; He said, &quot;He went home drinking, drinking some snake wine or whatever he was drinking at the time... Now, I find it kind of funny, but it&#039;s completely wrong. I think it&#039;s crazy for people to do that. I could never do that; you have to be antisocial. It&#039;s a scam, it&#039;s a fraud, it&#039;s a very dishonest person.&quot;<\/span><\/p><h3>Common Mistakes Review: Why Do You Keep Losing? The Problem Lies Here<\/h3><p style=\"color: #333300;\">Most players lose money not because of luck, but because they repeat the same mistakes.<\/p><p style=\"color: #333300;\">These debriefings will help you identify the most common mistakes and understand how to correct them:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/poker-overcalling-mistakes\/\">Why does constantly calling cause you to lose money?<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/poker-bluff-imbalance-mistakes\/\">[Bluff Imbalance] What are the costs of excessive bluffing?<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/poker-cannot-fold-leak\/\">Why do you always lose on the last street? 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