Vegan Poker Great Daniel Negreanu Won’t Endorse McDonald’s
Written by Vegetarian Star on July 15th, 2008 in Athletes-Games-Sports.
Hmmm…says Daniel Negreanu. Who should I endorse next? Boca Burgers-maybe, Poker VT-definitely, McDonald’s-heck NO!
Canadian Poker Champion Daniel Negreanu has earned great success at many professional poker events, including the World Series of Poker Events. He’s also appeared on Late Night Poker, Poker After Dark, and High Stakes Poker. Oh, and he’s been a vegan since 2003.
A star such as this obviously will have endorsement moguls banging at the door, but Negreanu won’t hand over his chips to just any company. And he’ll never forget the job he’s there to do.
“I’m a vegan, so obviously I won’t do a McDonald’s ad,” Negreanu said. “The main thing is to continue to do the best I can at poker.”
via Review Journal
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November 10th, 2008 at 12:59 am
I’ve known for a while that Negreanu was a vegan. Before I discovered this fact he was already my favorite poker player. Discovering this made me like him even more. But what I’ve always wondered is whether he’s a vegan for his own health, or because he’s against the use and abuse of animals. I haven’t been able to find this information anywhere; but since I’ll be traveling to Vegas next weekend and staying for 4 days at the Bellagio (home to perhaps the most popular poker room in the universe) I just might run into Daniel, and I just might ask him myself. Looking forward to meeting him. He seems like a very nice guy. A GOOD guy! And a guy who respects his health. So his answer could go either way. Care to make any wagers???
November 11th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Don’t know, but I have read that his mom still makes his lunches when he’s doing tournaments. I just thought that was funny.
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Yes, I’ve read that too. Hey, I just rediscovered this chain of comments almost 4 months later, and I still don’t know the answer. I was just at the Commerce Casino in LA a few weekends ago. That place was swarming with poker celebrities. I guess I could have asked any one of these people: Chris Ferguson, Jennifer Harmon, Gavin Smith, Phil Laak, Mike Sexton, Michael Mizrachi (although that guy scares me). Yeah, it was a real who’s who. Kind of surreal. I highly recommend it. … Then you can hit the sports bar for some vegetarian enchiladas.