Intense Poker Drama Between Daniel Negreanu and Matt Berkey

The poker world has witnessed a high profile drama between Daniel Negreanu, Matt Berkey and Jonathan Little. In this video we talk about the poker controversy and the aftermath of the incident.
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[@mikesaddi]

Galfond dropping a discount code about this is next level

[@kellywallin2641]

I think Daniel finally got the memo. Fake controversy equals MONEY.

[@lukewinder3630]

I stand with JL. I love his teaching style. He has helped me immensely on my poker game.

[@paulpascoe663]

But that shouldn’t make him above criticism or questioning right?

[@paulpascoe663]

@@theauthorisnotdead6080 to be fair he said much more than that. He elaborated on why he thought it was an awful play in fairly intricate detail, then slammed that statement down to emphasise his view on how bad he thinks it is. If you watch the full podcast you will see, and his explanation is pretty good too. I say this as a fan of JL.

[@Brownskidmarksonmyunderwear]

Its sad when poker drama/beef is more interesting than watching poker

[@BrettMcNary]

Thanks for summarizing this and other poker dramas!

[@TimNovak-gi1bl]

Negreanu has so many great qualities and has done a lot for poker but sometimes he has gone overboard attacking other players for reasons that seemingly hold little merit. Him admitting so is a breath of fresh air.

[@Justdont693]

Yeah that sounds about right for high level poker players though. The high school esque drama. But they’ve done a lot for the game haha

[@AFillion]

Wait... Berkey posted bonomos hendonmob and not his own? 🤡

[@happypill6195]

i enjoy watching all your videos. very good poker content

[@PokerBounty]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@naswiipp]

Great content as always

[@PokerBounty]

Appreciate it!

[@sonnycusa]

"If you lose to Berkey bro, shiiit"!! Lmao!

[@michaelg4664]

That was the best part of the whole video! 😂

[@KevinHasSpoken]

Matt berkey is just not a good player. Idk why anyone would ever pay for his training site.

[@LilGambling]

Being a professional poker player making millions in cash games for 15+ years isn’t a good player?

[@uup116]

@@LilGambling is that what you believe?

[@supremeleaderarmy9164]

​@@LilGambling He's a good player but a hurting soul

[@exitscreaming4637]

Please post your winnings lol

[@tykingery9161]

​​@@LilGamblinghe is a professional poker play but markets himself as if he is an Elite professional in order to sell his ridiculously overpriced coaching subscription. Compared to his peers(especially in poker coaching space) he hasnt won any large tournaments, no bracelets, tends to punt on the few live streams he shows up on and is 400th on the all time list. And the initial post Little brought up in the first place was absolute facts. Mean while berky torches 100k with j4o

[@MonkeyPunchZPoker]

I read a Poker News article on the a couple days ago that didn't show any of the tweets that started the drama. How can you write an article on Twitter drama without showing the tweets? Complete garbage. This video cleared everything up.

[@exitscreaming4637]

Daniel's doing that weird move where you act like an arrogant JA , then suddenly act humble and want to get praise for it

[@brianpotter2812]

It's called speech play. He's a master at it in all forms! But honestly, I think he was just coming to the defense of Jonathan Little and let his ego overplay his intent.

[@carlosthesolar3010]

I will take Jonathan training 1000% over burley. What has burley accomplish? Jonathan is a crusher and its proven.

[@LilGambling]

He’s made millions of dollars in high stakes cash games and won millions of dollars in tournaments for 15+ years and counting. He’s winning at the highest level of poker.

[@supremeleaderarmy9164]

​@@LilGambling All over the comments. It hurts doesn't it😂

[@id10t98]

If you need "training" from someone to play NLHE after you already know the rank of hands, then gambling is NOT for you. Your fear of losing money is too great to overcome and no amount of "training" will help you beat it, that has to come from inside you.

[@supremeleaderarmy9164]

@@id10t98 That's not how it works, lmfaoo

[@id10t98]

@@supremeleaderarmy9164 That is exactly how it works! You should only gamble with the money you feel comfortable losing. No one can "train" that into your psyche, only you can. A person losing money they didnt want to lose will have this constant setback ruin their life if they keep it up.

[@tayo_95]

He may be Little but his advice has transformed my game A LOT.

[@user-kv8lg6mq5r]

he's the man bro...

[@tommyrjensen]

In the next Game of Gold we need to have Daniel, little, Berkey and Hellmuth in the same team together.

[@Scottjf8]

JL even admitted he has a staff that does his Twitter so HE didn't even say this and said it was a bad example

[@Iamhimberly]

If Doug and Daniel teamed up for a video against berkey

[@id10t98]

Dumb and Dumber talking about poker is the last thing anyone needs to listen to about the game. There is no skill to the game other than what you did to get the buy in to sit down and play and dont gamble your life away.

[@Iamhimberly]

@@id10t98 yeah because the best heads up player in recent history and one of the greatest poker minds of all time are dumb and dumber LOL you're just a streamer casual. I've been following this s*** since 2000. Most of these modern players don't have a mind of their own they just follow charts and b*******. You would see it differently if you were in the game long enough but you're probably a young one

[@yt.personal.identification]

​@@id10t98Is that you, Berkey?

[@a.j.douglas7822]

How about this? Everyone should just shut up about everything and play poker!

[@Paul-ut4zy]

I remember the good old days before poker became a soap opera. I also remember when you raised with Ace king and everyone folded .😃 As B D said “ the times they are a changing “

[@dsrrellgriffith1161]

The game now is all about chasing with bottom pair, or trying to get lucky. But if u keep doing it you will eventually score.....So many horrible players nowadays, but in the long run you will win.

[@enemyfleet7139]

At 4:20 ...Berkey call Negraneau talented, and Negraneau gets mad?!? Sounds like people need English lessons, not poker lessons.

[@matkodoris9099]

Berkey is a nobody. If you lose to Berkey, shiiit !

[@giacalonebuilding4443]

Personally I don’t care for berkey and I love JL. Kid poker can rub me the wrong way at times. As far as classes I bought a year of littles courses and studdied for about 6 months while driving to and from work and went from a decent 1-2 and 2-5 player (slightly above break even) to where I rarely lose in live games and average around 700$ for 6 hour sessions.

[@martinworld7214]

Jeez that was boring

[@exitscreaming4637]

kinda like your comment ?

[@martinworld7214]

@@exitscreaming4637 factual

[@brentlethaus7908]

Bad luck for being unlikable, Berkey

[@Texasfishingfamily]

Id sign up for Little, Bart or Galfonds training and never consider Berkeys just because Ive seen years of his attitude and arrogance and don't like to associate with people like that. I also don't really care for DNegs arrogance either so hes out....for me. That being said. I play fairly low stakes so I also don't think their training fits what Im trying to do.

[@danielmeuler2877]

Berkey really comes off as petty and bitter. It's very Odd. It's like he sees someone doing what he does but better and can't leave it alone. He did it with Doug Polk. And he does it to JL

[@id10t98]

Polk and Little both act like there is some magic 8-ball of knowledge out there and only IF you learn that knowledge from THEIR teaching, then you will be successful, like they are, when the reality is the exact opposite. NLHE is a luck bucket, very streaky game and there is no way to "master" a game of randomness and luck, which are what card games are all about. Need proof? there is a recent video of Polk getting trip K's on a flop to someone who got trip A's on the flop and Polk bet and raised the guy all the way to the river, calling an all in bet. Now if the guy actually had some skill at reading people, how does he make that big of a mistake at this stage of his "career" and all his knoweldge? How? Because there's no skill to the game. You get lucky or you dont.

[@danielmeuler2877]

@@id10t98 Neither of them act that way. Maybe you are projecting something from your own personality. I have watched both for years. They act the opposite about training sites. Dog has talked about other people he isn't involved with that are quality trainers.

[@conorm2524]

@@id10t98 Then how do you explain those players' win rates over the long time frame?

[@id10t98]

@@conorm2524 They win because they play a lot. Also they now usually only play in high roller tournaments with less than 100 players, usually the same people all the time. That is not hard to rack up high win rates and cash earning in that scenario. Negreanu also re-buys 50+ times in some tournaments! That aint skill, that's push all your chips in and pray you win poker.

[@davidgentile4576]

What a joke. Here's a coaching situation have the best hand on the river

[@BillyGat0s]

Great video, also berkey's attitude is garbage. No wonder he gets into beef all the time. JL's opinion on marginally positive decisions with tricky streets to go sounds extremely logical. Berkey totally discredited him without using any arguments. Absolutely needs to work on his manners

[@oldschooldiy3240]

I "think" they are all full of "doo-doo"! Why you ask? Because every poker play is different! There is no set formula for ANY situation! It's like a football coach saying "It's such and such situation! Run play XYZ!" Quarter back gets to the line and sees a defense ready for XYZ< if he has an option for changing the play, cool! If not, if the coach is a hard liner, disaster!

[@sandhanitizer15]

Lots of opinions=you don't know anything? I don't understand that logic

[@jaredcarrick3468]

Jason Koon left GG Poker. His integrity can’t be bought

[@conorm2524]

What's the story with GG?

[@chrisko6439]

Good for him, he seems to be a nice guy. And Holz is becoming GG's "integrity ambassador". How fitting, I don't trust this guy one bit.

[@New-ye2fl]

@@conorm2524It’s rigged

[@conorm2524]

@@New-ye2fl Can you show me evidence?

[@mastakilla7317]

0:55 truely utter nonsense post from JL

[@greasemonkey6616]

"if you lose to Berkey bro...sheeeeet" 😂😂

[@nicholasblakiston6297]

Little is on the right track but slightly off. You are typically not playing a solver (which I agree will play better on turn/river) but a human. If that human plays worse than you on later streets, then you can actually play a wider range than the solver. Now, if your opponent is a solver, you can expect to lose money but if you want to mininize your losses, you should play a tighter range due to the reverse implied odds of playing a superior opponent on later streets. Not nice for Berkey to make this comment without expanding on why Little is wrong. It's like he expects us to accept his claim just because he's Berkey. I don't like that - support your arguments with logic and if it's logic you're unwilling to share because you don't want to make games tougher, then just say nothing and allow Little to misguide the masses.

[@jimmyjimmyggful]

Why does anyone respect anything that Berkey says??

[@Tim_the_Enchanter]

Hey, man ... if you can't get paid at the table, get paid for the drama.

[@nbo8888]

Berkley is at best a cut above the normal everyday Pro. No presence of chrisma but presents himself as "better than others" arrogance. Don't even start me with his goonies. Can't wait to hear what Dougie have to say!

[@LilGambling]

A cut above a Pro!? That’s everyone’s dream to be making millions from poker! That’s like saying 17 bracelets takes no skill, the poker community has lost its mind!

[@supremeleaderarmy9164]

​@@LilGambling I see you hurting all over the comments. Fact is Berkey is a Yinzer 🤡

[@Tallokensol]

All I see in this is making poker more popular. Back then it was purely gentleman's game. Now, it all loosey goosey eating something. 😅

[@steveharding8965]

Why coach if you can win?

[@mikeyluk5113]

Hearing Daniel saying “we’re talking about Berkey” gives me Allen Iverson vibes……

[@michealjaymurphy]

poker players are so sensitive its crazy

[@kierolovesyou]

Hey you used my interview lol! I made it in a poker bounty video lol

[@PokerBounty]

Thanks for the great video!

[@kierolovesyou]

@@PokerBounty let’s collab soon I have some exclusive stuff u can use

[@PokerBounty]

awesome!

[@byrd5163]

Every channel needs drama queens. Gets clicks and views.

[@ts9576]

A cat fight between 3 little flamers who cares

[@supremeleaderarmy9164]

Your past comments are calling people framers. We get it you want to come out😮

[@flamepicasso95lilman6]

Your talking to a guy that can read your hand...

[@UnknownWarriorZz]

I can’t fkin stand Berkey.

[@brentsenior7830]

But danielis right about berkeys credentials. He doesnt have any. He game selects and bum hunts very well look at old airball. Nitjing wrong with this but he should expect blowback being the asshole. Especially to someone as nice as Johnathan little

[@T-roc57]

This all got blown out of proportion, but Berkey shoulda taken the high road & not called them a bunch of names & escalate shit.

[@danielmahusky5780]

Is there anybody in the field out there coaching something other than Nhl Mtts?

[@VanPeeples-sh5wp]

Only problem is JL makes and Re-packages over and over and over same content. Very easy to see if you play above the rim.

[@scottdieterman9969]

I remember when i loved poker!! d bags ruined it

[@BlooPoker]

J LITTLE is a beast man. nothing worse then someone being condescending and ugly and pretending like they werent,. GG

[@YouTubeaidsreal]

Can anyone name something Berkey won or a game he beat on record? Case closed

[@chrisko6439]

Jonathan Little doesn't need anyone to defend him. Especially not against Berkey.

[@melissathompson7229]

In fairness Berkey was critiquing JL saying anyone who was willing to work hard could win six figures a year, which i agree with Berkey that just simply isnt true

[@id10t98]

The way the heaters/runs go in luck bucket NLHE, there is a chance to win 6 figures a year but you'd better have some deep pocket sponsors like Negreanu so you can re-buy 50+ times into the games.

[@omarfromthewire603]

Where did he say "6 figures a year ?" I saw him say "Big Winner in poker" ...That could be winning 50k in 1 poker tournament 🤷‍♂️

[@jtrombinoiii]

When it comes to top poker players it’s like Berkey who?

[@jabone3431]

i have to agree with daniel. he is honest and aware of his behavior. i respect that

[@kungallu2133]

I would pay a dime for a matt berkey course lol

[@slowery43]

huge fail thinking you're funny

[@jppagetoo]

Berkeys point is you don't end up better by folding preflop in a +EV position. EV is a zero sum game. If you fold a +EV spot that EV goes to the other players. The whole idea of what JL said was fold now because you can't play the hand well. But the flipside is you opponant is just as likely to make mistakes. So folding EV away pre-flop is silly. He is right. No matter how much I think of JL he is wrong on this one. Berkey handled it badly. It could have been a great chance to work with JL and discuss this play which was Daniels point. That was missed entirely by Berkey. I devolved from there.

[@kristoffernilsson6043]

The point with JLs argument here about folding a small + ev spot which i most assume is what he means is: Its only a small EV + spot if you know how to play the hand out, this is something that has been proven many times over the years - the newer and less experience the player is - the less he will benefit from these spots and because he plays them so passive and face up in many situations it will instead become a - EV spot in the long run and he will simply lose more money playing than folding these closer hands. This is why most poker players dont rise up the ladders, because they dont learn the level they play before starting to mix in smaller + EV hands etc. It takes alot of patience/ investment of time and good bankroll management to have a chance at moving up the stakes, instead they take shoots and go broke. Berkey should know this by now that its no point teaching a noob or less experienced poker player how to play close spots til they have learned more about strong value/hand selections/position etc.

[@thestanleys3235]

JL coaching and style is good for beginners but if you already a decent studied player you gonna get way more out of berkeys training than JL.

[@steeezy9585]

S4Y is great hands down. Its for people who understand the "game" of poker and realities. The others appeal to everyone else looking to accomplish their pipe dream (good luck with that).

[@beatingu8347]

Fuck Berkey. Little is nothing but kind and professional every time.

[@TheWiryWoodchuck]

Daniel is always talking sticking his nose is stuff these days. I have zero idea why everyone thinks he is such a nice guy. He is a hustler at the end of the day.

[@alexsze9136]

Even if out of context I always stand on the opposite side of Berkey, Berkey just doesn't have much street credit at all.

[@suhandani73]

Intense? If you mean the opposite of intense yes. All this shit is just about drumming up clicks. Over it

[@richboyprado]

We love a poker beef

[@unglemergy]

good book phil

[@donnieschreiner]

Berkey is so full of himself

[@commentsenabled7983]

Make this stuff go away and show Sia videos.

[@user-hs5vr1td7y]

First 30 seconds you already got it completely wrong. Berkey never mentioned Little's coaching methods or his character (other than complimenting him), but rather the way he advertises that "anyone can become a winning poker player" if you use his coaching site. Berkey often speaks out of turn thinking his opinions are the correct ones, but he is is right on this one. The vast majority of people cannot become winning poker players no matter what. Typical of today's media - you twist or misconstrue his words to drive clicks. Shame

[@carlosthesolar3010]

Burley is screaming for attention dont give it ti him

[@id10t98]

All these "high stakes" clowns like Negreanu, etc, typically only play in events with less than 100 people in them because they cannot beat fields with hundreds of people in them anymore and they have literally ruined the game since 2008-09. The proof is in the fact that in the last 14 years, Las Vegas has lost over 60% of the poker tables that existed. There is no difference between playing this luck bucket NLHE game for nickels and dimes or playing it like Negreanu, Polk, etc- using your sponsors money to sit down at a $25/50 game with $300,000+ - the luck does NOT change and it's the reason why you see these clowns try to make it seem like there's some skill to it because they play with more money. The way to become successful at NLHE is by playing a lot of games/tournaments. Period. There is no magic 8-ball of knowledge anyone can give anyone else, other than dont gamble with the rent money.

[@supremeleaderarmy9164]

This guy is a clown

[@id10t98]

@@supremeleaderarmy9164 Everything I said is fact.

[@supremeleaderarmy9164]

@@id10t98 Sure kid

[@user-kv8lg6mq5r]

i'm embarrassed for him...

[@andrewdoctor6584]

Facts ? I don’t see any facts on your post other than the number of tables decreasing everything else is your opinion.

[@michaelkazz]

"If you have a lot of opinions you probably don't know what you're talking about." It's a good thing Philosophers and Scientists never adopted your view. I mean, if your opinions goes something like, "I believe this 'cause I just do. Now, shut up." Well, then I agree. However, if a Man gives a concise explanation for his opinion then I find it disturbing that someone would have an issue with that. I believe the term is: being Well Read🤔

[@jeffmorin5867]

That use to be known as "well rounded"

[@michaelkazz]

@@jeffmorin5867 Well, I'm 50 and since I was a kid it's Always been called; Well Read. Well rounded has to do with an athlete or fighter not an academic 😂 My grandfather lived to be 95 and he's the one I first heard say that phrase. And, he was speaking to a man's intelligence. I've never ever heard ANYONE speak to someone's intelligence by saying, "He's well rounded." But, people speak in all sorts of idiotic ways these days.

[@jeffmorin5867]

@@michaelkazz yeah...just look at what you have to say... All those words and you sound like a muppet...

[@michaelkazz]

@@jeffmorin5867 Well, if I said nothing and you commented on it that would make you a moron. So, go back to your basement little brain dead beta male.

[@markheard5559]

Poker training 😂😂😂😂 Sign up !!?????😂😂😂😂😂 Yea. Ok. Oh gosh. Poker. It’s soooooo difficult. A game that is 70 percent luck. !! That’s right. 70 percent luck !!! U get two cards Like every one else The rest is use your common sense and cross your fingers when you go all in pre flop with aces 😂😂😂