Daniel "KidPoker" Negreanu

Daniel Negreanu is one of the most recognised poker players of all time. Learn how he came to be a poker legend right here.

Biography

Daniel Negreanu is, without a doubt, one of the most recognised players of modern day poker. His huge personality and love for the game have taken him to top of the popularity scale in the eyes of poker fans and professional players.

He was born in Toronto, Canada on July 26th 1974, and started learning poker when he was 15 years old. Negreanu often speaks fondly of the old style of poker grinding, no online, just pure live poker at his local casino. He would grind there like a 9-5 job, and he put less emphasis on how much he was up or down, and more emphasis on improving his game in the long run. This obviously worked out well for him, as he is widely regarded as one of the best poker players ever, with lifetime tournament cashes of around $18m.

He is a regular on most televised poker tournaments or cash games, such as High Stakes Poker, Poker After Dark, and the EPT.

Daniel Negreanu won six World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and two World Poker Tour Championships. Global Poker Index (GPI) has recognized Negreanu as one of the best players of the past decade.

Negreanu was also named WSOP Player of the Year for the year of 2004 and 2013. In 2014 he was also added in the Poker Hall of Fame with other well known Poker Legends like Doyle Brunson, Stu Ungar, Johnny Chan and others.

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10 years ago12,101ThePokerAces,

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HSP: Tom Dwan Crazy Hero Call

Tom Dwan making insane hero call against Daniel Negreanu on the river

10 years ago6,110ThePokerAces,

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Daniel Negreanu the Visionary

Daniel Negreanu calling exact cards on turn and the river against Jerry Buss

10 years ago10,642ThePokerAces,

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Daniel Negreanu Value Towns Phil Galfond

Daniel Negreanu flopping huge and going for the max value against Phil Galfond

10 years ago8,643ThePokerAces,

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The Big Game: Negreanu Shows One

Daniel Negreanu making a bad judgment call on the river

10 years ago6,094ThePokerAces,

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High Stakes Poker: Negreanu vs Dwan

Dwan getting the best of KidPoker

11 years ago10,062ThePokerAces,

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Negreanu Pulling a Bluff Against Ike Haxton

Daniel Negreanu makes a river bluff against Isaac Haxton,

11 years ago7,348ThePokerAces,

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Negreanu Spooks McClean With His Read

Daniel Negreanu with another cool read - McClean freezes up

11 years ago6,976ThePokerAces,

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Daniel Negreanu with Weird Misclick

Negreanu makes an 11x raise on the button, genuine mistake or a move?

11 years ago9,736ThePokerAces,

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Aussie Millions: Phil Ivey Misreading His Hand

Phil Ivey misreading his hand in a pot against Daniel Negreanu and Mike McDonald. Ike Haxton finds it very amusing.

11 years ago8,754ThePokerAces,

Published 11 years ago

Matusow Flops Perfect Against Negreanu

Mike Matusow catches a monster against Daniel Negreanu on High Stakes Poker

Bill Perkins Wants Live Twitter Feed on PAD, He Won't Play Otherwise

Poker loving billionaire Bill Perkins recently tweeted that he’s refusing to reappear on Poker After Dark unless they install a screen where Twitter is displayed

Annie Duke’s New Book Due to be Released

She may not be the most-loved person in the history of poker, but Annie Duke still has a lot to say about what the poker world has taught her.

Elky's Departure From PokerStars Sparks Conversation on the Future of the Sponsored Pros

Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier leaves PokerStars with a statement that has sparked a conversation on the role of the sponsored pro.

Daniel Negreanu Offers $50k Bet with ‘Special Offer’ for Phil Hellmuth

It was a super-confident Daniel Negreanu who took to Twitter to lay down a $50,000 wager to anyone who fancies taking it on.

‘Irrelevant’ Luke Schwartz Needles ‘Biggest Life Pigeon’ Doug Polk

Luke ‘_fullflush1_’ Schwartz tweeted a series of petty polls on Twitter, reigniting a long-standing feud between the poker pros.

Daniel Negreanu Argues Antes as WSOP High Rollers Put on The Clock

For the first time in its history the World Series of Poker will introduce a shot clock for the high rollers, in a move which will also include a Big Blind ante,

Daniel Negreanu on Seat Scripting

Daniel Negreanu has recently spoken out against players who use seat scripting software on PokerStars - something that he himself has been a “victim” of.

Poker Pros Trolling and Taking the Huff

January tends to be a relatively quiet month at the tables, but some pros have spiced things up with trolling and falling outs hitting the gossip columns.

Live Poker Events, 7 years ago

Christopher Kruk wins PCA 25K High Roller for $836,350

Christopher Kruk overcame Jonathan Jaffe in heads-up play to take down a field of 144 entries and pocket $836,350 for his efforts.

Live Poker Events, 7 years ago

Jason Koon Wins PCA $25K Single Day For $421,080

Jason Koon won yet another High Roller title to add to his ever-growing collection, defeating Belarus' Mikalai Vaskaboinikau heads-up.