Negreanu & Deeb Get Nasty Over Poker Staking Debate

Daniel Negreanu and Shaun Deeb’s Twitter war over poker staking has escalated into both players throwing personal insults against each other.

The feud started when Shaun Deeb tasked himself as the “Markup Police“, calling out some players for selling a WSOP investment package and charging too high markup.

Poker pro Allen Kessler and vlogger Johnnie “JohnnieVibes” Moreno were among the most recent targets, with Negreanu coming to their defense.

Deeb argues that players who don’t have much to show in terms of live tournament results have no right to charge a high markup. Negreanu previously asked the Twitterverse for their opinion on what a fair markup would be on a package for smaller WSOP events as he intends to sell some for extra motivation.

For extra motivation to play my A-Game in the small buy in WSOP events I’m thinking of offering a package for those.

If I bundle all events $1500 or lower, what do you think is a fair markup?

— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) April 27, 2019

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Deeb disagreed with the former all-time money list number one, saying Negreanu can choose not to charge any markup if his main purpose is motivation. Both players remained civil as they explained their respective sides. Things started to get nasty when the Markup Police began calling some people out.

Deeb has been tough on his targets, labelling Moreno as a scammer for charging a 1.4 markup on his WSOP package, while claiming that investing in Kessler would give a negative expected return. This hasn’t gone well with Negreanu who doubts Deeb’s real intentions in supposedly exposing defrauders.

Dear @JohnnieVibes when selling a package that after almost 1.4 markup equals lifetime cashes you’re scamming people. If you need the money just beg next video like you’re on twitch.

— Markup Police (@shaundeeb) April 12, 2019

Things Get Intense

Responding to Deeb’s tweet, Negreanu thinks the Markup Police isn’t really helping or protecting the poker community. He said Deeb’s actions are nothing short of mean-spirited bullying. The Canadian player also shared his views with some name-calling and the feud became intense.

After Negreanu referred to him as a bully and an “angle shooter“, Deeb responded by saying that Negreanu is a hypocrite and a puppet, and is attacking him due to a personal grudge. The insults didn’t stop there.

This is because you are… as we have established… a bully and an asshole. You can’t just be one, you are both.

Oh, and I almost forgot, the angle shooter of your generation. The top dog when it comes to angle shooting. You win that award too.

— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) April 28, 2019

Apart from character shaming, both players’ family affairs have been dragged into the fire, with Deeb eventually proposing a 500k bet over whose marriage will last longer. Some fans didn’t like how both players handled their disagreement, with one user saying it has gone beyond personal.

You are younger which theoretically means yours should last longer, but you are for sure likely to croak way before either of us so it makes it a fair bet.

— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) April 28, 2019