Did Daniel Negreanu Once Slap Phil Ivey in Drunken Stupor?

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“You would be nothing without me,” poker pro Daniel Negreanu allegedly told fellow pro Phil Ivey at a poker tournament some years ago.


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The two had just finished polishing off two bottles of Tequila and left the establishment completely inebriated.

Comedian and poker commentator Joe Stapleton was along for the walk.  He, too, was extremely drunk and admits to having shoved a poor defenseless homeless man in the street.

“It was one of the biggest regrets of my life,” Stapleton acknowledged.

And at that point, Negreanu apparently became a bit aggressive as well, slapping a smiling Ivey across the face. 

What happened next might surprise you.

Watch below.

- Ace King, Gambling911.com

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