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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Negreanu makes joke about Helmuth's "White magic"

Negreanu makes joke about Helmuth's "White magic power" - NBC HU 2013

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Did Negreanu play it right? PCA 2013

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LNP Classics: Negreanu vs Nowakowski

Daniel Negreanu in an early TV appearance on Late Night Poker Series 5, back in 2002.

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Daniel Negreanu incredibly unlucky

Daniel Negreanu incredibly unlucky

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USPC 1999 final hand Negreanu vs Bonetti

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Amazing call from Deeb versus Negreanu

Amazing call from Deeb versus Negreanu

Kid Poker Documentary Makes it to Netflix

As you watch “Kid Poker” you see be taken on a roller coaster ride of emotion as you join Daniel, his family and his friends in revisiting the amazing highs and the devastating lows.

Live Poker Events, 9 years ago

Super HighRoller Bowl Special

There’s $15million up for grabs and there are 49 of the poker world’s biggest and best high-stakes players vying for a share of the spoils – and day 1 of the Super HighRoller Bowl from Las Vegas didn’t disappoint!

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CBS Will Cover the Super High Roller Bowl

May 29th sees the start of the Super High Roller Bowl from the ARIA Resort and Casino – and with a full field of the world’s biggest and best ponying up $300,000 per head to play for the $5,000,000 top prize

No Love Lost Here: Top 5 Who Hates Who in The Poker World

For every Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neill feud, poker has its equivalent – and here we’re going to take a look at the top 5 poker feuds of all time.

This Pro Thinks Making Money at Poker is Easier Than Ever

Daniel posted a long blog post over at his website Full Contact Poker where he went into great detail discussing whether it was easier to make money in the old days.

Top 10 Best Poker Strategy Books

Taken as a body of work, your poker game will only thank you for having read and understood the wealth of important tips and techniques you will learn from these books.

The Most Important Names in Modern Poker

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Howard Lederer Finally Apologises

​It may have taken five years, and it may not appease all those who have hated the man with a vengeance these last years, but finally Howard Lederer has admitted his failings in the Full Tilt Poker debacle and publicly apologized.

Poker Player Pros: All Time Money List

From Canadian Daniel Negreanu’s phenomenal $32,315,81 down to our new number 100 player, the Czech Republic’s Martin Staszko.

Top 3 Funniest Players

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