Daniel Negreanu leaves PokerStars after 12 years of service, and his World Series of Poker package online sale springs a leak.

I went to a posh restaurant the other day. Heaney’s in Cardiff; the type of place where vegans pay £8 for a couple of carrots served with a fancy jus. The waiter brought out bread and Marmite butter for something to do as we waited for our carrots to roast, and it was the nuts.

Talking about carrot crunching and Marmite, Daniel Negreanu recently announced the severing of his partnership with PokerStars. The pair have played the Adam and Eve roles for the past 12-years, where both have been a catalyst for bigger and better things.

I’m one of those people who veers more towards the ‘love’ end of the Daniel Negreanu Marmite spectrum. In our run-ins, he’s always treated me like an equal, given me as much time as he can muster and had the emotional intelligence and vulnerability to do his part to create something worthy of an audience.