Daniel Negreanu wishes bad things in prison for DraftKings executive
Daniel Negreanu, arguably the best poker player in the history of the game, wished prison rape on a DraftKings executive on Twitter on Thursday.
Amidst the FBI’s look into the practices of popular Daily Fantasy Sports sites such as DraftKings and FanDuel, Daniel Negreanu, poker’s No. 1 player on the all-time money list with over $30 million in live tournament earnings, is basically wishing that prison rape is in the future for one of the DraftKings employees under investigation.
It all started with this tweet from Negreanu.
Pretty remarkable the number of people I've had beefs with that end up getting investigated by the FBI. Maybe karma really is a thing lol.
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) October 15, 2015
Negreanu then elaborated on who he was referring to in another tweet.
@alex_dreyfus Brian Micon for running Bitcoin site and Jon Aguiar for criminal activity with DK. I don't like either of them.
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) October 15, 2015
Jon Aguiar is a DraftKings executive “in charge of developing high-volume fantasy players,” according to the New York Times. Part of the FBI’s investigation involves agents looking into “whether the site encouraged and accepted deposits and bets from states where the contests were prohibited.” According to the Times, “the information under review includes a post by Jon Aguiar, an executive in charge of developing high-volume fantasy players, on a public thread informing players how to deposit funds and play in contests in states and countries where the games are prohibited.”
Negreanu continued with a rape joke.
@alex_dreyfus I won't cry if they end up in the same cell playing heads up to see who doesn't have to bunk with Big Bubba.
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) October 15, 2015
When poker players and the twitter poker community called him out for being terribly insensitive, he clarified that he was not joking and was being completely serious.
@samgreenwood14 @GDye it's all personal and the rape thing wasn't a joke. I absolute hate both of them and would feel no remorse.
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) October 15, 2015
He is only saying that the reason he feels this way is personal. In this twitter conversation, he claims that his feelings are a natural human response.
@RealKidPoker Hoping someone you don't like ends up in jail is one of the most hateful things I have read. Sad...
— Jose Pachon (@elgatonegro99) October 15, 2015
@RealKidPoker ob there is nothing I can say because I don't know what you are referring to. I do think you should keep that to yourself.
— Jose Pachon (@elgatonegro99) October 15, 2015
@elgatonegro99 I've never felt more personally violated in all of my life. My feelings are a natural human emotion in response to it.
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) October 15, 2015
Negreanu’s actions here are inexcusable and disgusting. For someone who is supposed to be one of poker’s biggest ambassadors, he truly has his head in the sand on this issue.