On Tuesday, Daniel Negreanu (pictured) took the world of Twitchby storm. Negreanu, camped out in Toronto, attracted a whopping 150,000 views in his first Twitch session. He Tweeted beforehand, “Thanks again to @jaimestaples for helping me set up @twitch and @JasonSomerville for making this platform cool. That was fun! More to come.” Check out Negreanu’s Twitch channel.

Negreanu, predictably, only streamed his play on PokerStars and said on Twitter that setting up his channel required a little assistance: “This kid @jaimestaples is a freaking genius lol. I have no clue how these kids figure out how to do this tech stuff. Twitching.” Staples was announced as a Friend of PokerStars a week ago, while Somerville joined Team PokerStars earlier in the year.

Negreanu’s Tweet about his play money session, which you can view below, generated a bevy of responses. Christian charder Harder was the first to respond, saying, “Good work, Daniel. I was entertained.” Staples added, “It was pretty sick good. 4,400 peeps watching play money.”

Negreanu saluted Somerville, who like “Kid Poker” is very energetic and seems to resonate well with the masses, by saying, “It was fun and I can see why @JasonSomerville seems to enjoy it so much.”

Negreanu’s dog (pictured) made an appearance at one point in the stream.

He’s up to almost 5,800 followers on Twitch and could easily get many more, as PokerNews explained, “He confirmed his intention to head back to the site for new streaming sessions in the near future.” He told Bluff, “My plan [on Twitch]is to do some high-stakes Eight-Game and possibly the Sunday Million.”

Somerville helped pioneer poker on Twitch, a live streaming platform traditionally used for video games.

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