{"id":6504,"date":"2010-08-25T13:07:40","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T12:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=6504"},"modified":"2019-11-01T11:11:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T11:11:39","slug":"i-can-mediate-negreanu-duke-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/i-can-mediate-negreanu-duke-war.html","title":{"rendered":"I Can Mediate Negreanu Duke War"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Tony G Peacekeeper\" src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Tony-G-Peacekeeper.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"375\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>Heading for the WPT London Poker Classic at the weekend, can hardly wait. I decided in the meantime that I could bring peace to the world.<\/p>\n<p>Dear Annie and Daniel,<\/p>\n<p>Heal the world, make it a better place, for you and for me and the entire human race. I write to you both here to plead with you to calm down and offer the guiding diplomatic hand of Tony G to smooth things over. If necessary I will lube up with aloe vera and lavender and give you both a deep relaxing massage.<\/p>\n<p>Peace in the valley, peace in the city, peace in your soul. Either that or listen to Bob Marley. As Kid Creole and the Coconuts said: \u2018Annie, I\u2019m not your daddy,\u2019 as Elton John sang: \u2018 Daniel my brother you are older than me do you still feel the pain of the scars that won&#8217;t heal.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>UN Peacekeeping Envoy<\/h3>\n<p>These scars need to heal so consider Tony G the United Nations \u2013 let\u2019s send in the peacekeepers. Let me soothe you.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel, you had your General McCrystal moment but you have apologized and that is the main thing. I saw your interview with Kimberley Lansing at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldpokertour.com\/media_library\/Videos\/Live_Updates\/Season_9\/Legends_of_Poker\/Day_1B_Daniel_Negreanu.aspx\">WPT Legends of Poker<\/a> and know you are really sorry. Annie, you have your right to reply but\u00a0 everything has now got a lot worse. All I can do is plead with you both to kiss and make up (perhaps kissing is too far) but let\u2019s wave the white flag right now \u2013 let\u2019s call a permanent ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>I am Switzerland (not in Switzerland) and here on the end of a phone if you think I can help \u2013 my counseling services will get to the heart of the matter. You know I have heart and I don\u2019t like to see people destroying each other.<\/p>\n<h3>Can Everyone Calm Down<\/h3>\n<p>I saw that Howard stepped in and called Daniel a neanderthal \u2013 I\u2019ve been called that in the past too. This makes matters even worse. Calm down, calm down everyone! I was just reading Spartan Fox\u2019s blog on Cardrunners &#8211; he thinks the only solution here is to have a debate between Daniel Negreanu and Annie Duke over the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardrunners.com\/blog\/spartanfox\/daniel-negreanu-vs-annie-duke-the-internet-poker-fight-of-the-year\">merits of ladies events<\/a> and put it on pay per view.<\/p>\n<p>I say this isn\u2019t necessary, lets smooth over this situation, let\u2019s try and forget that it ever happened. I know this fantastic place in Utah where you can get away from the world and I will pay for you to both go there and relax and chill out.<\/p>\n<p>You are both important ambassadors for the game we love \u2013 please let\u2019s resolve this in a diplomatic manner otherwise someone is going to get really hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Lots of love<\/p>\n<p>Tony G x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heading for the WPT London Poker Classic at the weekend, can hardly wait. 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