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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National Heads-Up Championship - Negreanu Vs Rousso

Daniel Negreanu and Vanessa Rousso are playing for a place in the semi-finals during their quarter final match at the 2009 Nationa...

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Calling the Clock on Negreanu

Chris Oliver calls an early clock on Daniel Negreanu in this hand during the 10th Anniversary of the PCA Main Event in 2013

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Top 5 Richest Poker Players

The Top 5 richest poker players, featuring Daniel Negreanu, Sam Trickett, Daniel Colman, Erik Seidel and Antonio Esfandiari

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Poker Tweets of the Week #10

PokerUpdate.com Poker Tweets of the Week looks at tweets from the wide world of poker. This week featuring Shaun the Dealer, Poker...

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National Heads-Up Championship - Negreanu Criticises His Ex-Girlfriend

Daniel Negreanu criticises a play made by his ex-girlfriend Evelyn Ng during their match up in the first round of the 2006 Nationa...

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Darryl Fish Predicts Negreanu's Turn And River Cards Exactly

Watch as USA poker professional Darryl Fish does the impossible by proclaiming exactly how Daniel Negreanu will get eliminated fro...

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Premier League Poker - Negreanu's $250k Bad Beat

Jonathan Duhamel squeezes from the big blind with 74 but Daniel Negreanu is all-in with AQ, during the Party Poker Premier League ...

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High Stakes Poker - Negreanu Does Minh Ly Impressions

Daniel Negreanu is doing more impressions at the table, this time it's the turn of Minh Ly during an episode of High Stakes Poker ...

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The day that Tom Dwan Almost Bankrupted Poker's Elite

It's 2010, and poker is at its zenith. After crushing online games and becoming a tv star, one thing was missing for Tom Dwan to c...

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PokerUpdate - Poker Tweets of the Week #1

PokerUpdate.com Poker Tweets of the Week looks at tweets from the wide world of poker. Up for grabs this week, we have Adam Small ...

Negreanu “Horrified” by Kassouf Penalty

“Absolutely horrified by the unjust ruling of a one round penalty. So many things wrong with it,” tweeted Negreanu.

Top Pro Twitter Time

Twitter and Facebook are the new garden fence over which poker pros happily swap their gossip and thoughts, so here’s what the big names are talking about this week…

High Stakes Poker - What’s Your Limit?

​Everyone knows what high stakes poker is – its games where the dollars are thrown around in man-size bricks isn’t it? But what amount would really make it high stakes?

$1million loss 'means nothing to me' says Negreanu

For Daniel $1million is obviously now a drop in the rather vast ocean which is his bankroll and bank balance! But he then goes on to talk about the “entitlement issues” other pros have in relation to invitation only events.

Astounding Twitch Poker Stream Moments

Whatever you are looking for from poker, Twitch streaming has you covered. In just a short while, the platform has managed to capture some astounding moments of poker triumph and tragedy.

Tune in to Daniel Negreanu's New Poker Podcast

Daniel Negreanu has re-launched his poker website Full Contact Poker (FCP) to co-incide with the launch of his new poker podcast which will feature Daniel giving his forthright and honest opinions on the poker issues of the day

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What Happened to Amaya's Promised 'Amazing Promotions'?

"It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises - but only performance is reality."

Negreanu Taunts Matusow Over Drug Abuse

Negreanu’s attack, which has been met by a barrage of criticism from friends and foes alike, was sparked when Matusow re-tweeted fellow poker legend Erik Seidel’s post warning of a Trump victory ending civilization as we know it.

Daniel Negreanu Hand Reads: How Does He Do it?

The most famous part of Daniel's game is his uncanny ability to guess the specific holdings of his opponents during the course of the hand.

The Slowest Player in Poker?

Cristos’s been ruffling feathers again at the WSOP by taking at least 15 seconds on every single decision! His horribly slow play has drawn criticism before, from Daniel Negreanu no less, but this time it was Chris Klodnicki who took Cristos to task.