“Kid Poker – Vegan Daniel Negeanu Dominates the Card Scene,” interview with Sophie Jackson of, reported in (7 August 2016).As I learned more about veganism, and animal farms and the way animals were treated, it just disgusted me to the point where I could never imagine eating animals again.“Being Vegan Makes Me a Better Poker Player,” interview with Samantha Rea in ().You end up eating sick, diseased chickens because they're living in shit. They're force fed steroids, the chickens are de-beaked. The way animals are treated and the conditions are atrocious.
Players now are educated people, they're smart, they do the research … Although my veganism started out absolutely about health, it's also become about the environment and animal cruelty. … The other players are a lot more accepting now, they embrace my veganism! … Poker has changed, in the past, high profile players were obese, now they're fit. … I became vegan in 2006 when I started taking healthy eating seriously. There was this idea that 'real men eat meat' and they'd eat piles of crap around the table, like mounds of dead animals every hour. This article about a sportsperson is a stub. Daniel Negreanu (born July 26, 1974) is a Canadian professional poker player who has won six World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and two World Poker Tour (WPT) championship titles.
