He’s EXTREMELY abusive to dealers, and that kind of behavior is just absurd for a professional poker player to display.

So I was playing at the Commerce the day before the main event started, and lo’ and behold, Men was at my table. One of the rules Daniel listed was that if Men ever raises one of his players, that player MUST fold, regardless of the situation or what his hand is. Daniel went into detail, describing the rules the players Men backed were forced to follow. Well since then I’ve researched the issue, and even seen some of it first hand.ĭaniel Negreanu has a famous (infamous?) post on NVG where he outs Men’s antics. I’m under the impression that he’s not allowed to play at Foxwoods ever again.” I know he was punished for cheating, and I don’t know if there have been any incidents of him cheating since.

The main reason I’m writing this, is because on a radio show with Gary Wise, I said something to the effect of, “I don’t really know the details of Men, so I’m not going to speak out on the issue. As far as cheating goes, it doesn’t get much worse than this. The theory goes (and I’m honestly not sure what proof there is for this, but the consensus seems to be that it’s true) that the players that Men staked were scooping off chips from the table in smaller buyin events, and giving them to Men (and possibly other winning players on the team) to add to their stack in the high stakes events. This is a big no-no in tournament poker, so Men was asked to leave. They were asked to leave the room while the fire was dealt with, and a suitcase full of tournament chips was discovered. Normally, I hate talking trash about people, but sometimes, it’s deserved.įor those of you that don’t know the story, a few years ago, Men “The Master” Nguyen and a bunch of the players he staked were in a hotel room together when the fire alarm went off.

I’ve been criticized a bit for this, so I guess I’ll give people what they want. I’ve publicly said in the past that I never outed other multi-accounters (of 2+ years ago) because they were good people, and that I have no reason to believe they’d ever cheat again.

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