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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Daniel Negreanu 2018 WSOP VLOG: Day 33 - Main Event Preparation!

Gym time, media work and puppies are the plan for Daniel Negreanu as he gets ready to play the big one - the 2018 World Series of ...

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Daniel Negreanu 2018 WSOP VLOG: Day 34 - Main Event Madness

It's 2018 Main Event time! As expected as a popular Pokerstars Team Pro player, Daniel Negreanu spends most of Day 1 on the featur...

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Daniel Negreanu 2018 WSOP VLOG: Day 35 - Main Event Commentary

It was commentary box time today for Daniel as he jumps into the ESPN booth with regular commentators Norm and Lon as they watch t...

5 years ago7,547Bellagio1,

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Daniel Negreanu 2018 WSOP VLOG: Day 36 - PLO with Phil Kessel

Another day and another WSOP event for Daniel to try and run deep in! This time it's the Pot Limit Omaha bounty tournament, and du...

5 years ago9,157BDJB,

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Daniel Negreanu 2018 WSOP VLOG: Day 37 - Main Event Day 3

After railing Phil Hellmuth for a short while on the feature table during Day 3 of the 2018 WSOP Main Event, Daniel heads off to t...

5 years ago5,769killjoy1987,

Published 5 years ago

Daniel Negreanu 2018 WSOP VLOG: Day 38 - $3k PLO Bag & Tag

Daniel late reg's the $3000 Pot Limit Omaha 6-Max event after a few drinks the night before, but this doesn't stop him from baggin...

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Published 5 years ago

Daniel Negreanu 2018 WSOP VLOG: Day 39 - $3k PLO Day 2

Daniel Negreanu is looking to make his 4th cash of the 2018 WSOP in the $3k 6-Max PLO as he heads down for Day 2, but will power o...

5 years ago15,674BDJB,

Published 5 years ago

Daniel Negreanu 2018 WSOP VLOG: Day 4 - Dealers Choice Madness

It's a busy day for Daniel Negreanu on Day 4 of his 2018 World Series of Poker journey as he kicks off with some chess with Eric W...

5 years ago5,421killjoy1987,

Published 5 years ago

Daniel Negreanu 2018 WSOP VLOG: Day 40 - Bag n Tag... Cash?

After a less than steller WSOP so far, Daniel Negreanu is hoping to finish the series with a bang, starting with hopefully making ...

5 years ago26,073Bellagio1,

Published 5 years ago

Daniel Negreanu 2018 WSOP VLOG: Day 41 - $1,500 NL/PLO Day 2

Daniel is the short stack as the bubble in Day 2 of the $1,500 Mized NLHE/PLO event approaches, but can he work his magic and spin...

Daniel Negreanu Rails Against $10 Million First Place Prize in WSOP Main Event

Big:T;he main marketing point of this year’s World Series of Poker Main Event was the $10 million prize guaranteed for the winner. Right after the announcement of the huge cash prize was made,

Poker Tales - The Rise of Kid Poker

Thousands of poker players wake up every day from a dream in which they have finally made it at poker. Winning bracelets, WPT titles, huge sums in cash game sessions, and living the high life on the

Howard Lederer Criticized Harshly By Daniel Negreanu

Poker Hall of Famer Daniel Negreanu let loose with some rather harsh accusations toward Howard Lederer following Black Friday allegations.

Poker Week in Pictures - Stay Cool and Take the Prizes

American Poker AwardsThe American Poker Awards were the big story of the past week. A lot of familiar faces made their appearances, some walked away with prizes, some will have to wait the next award

Daniel Negreanu Lets Loose on Excessive Tanking

BIG:I;n the latest blog post at Full Contact Poker by Daniel Negreanu, the Poker Hall of Famer delves into the issue of tanking, and how a certain player, Jordan Cristos, can't seem to see the big

Eligible Bachelors in Poker World

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The Itch to Twitch

The popularity of poker pros appearing on Twitch TV while playing online poker is growing, as Liv Boeree and Daniel Negreanu recently did so.

Daniel Negreanu to 2+2 Posters - What Kind of Human Being do You Want to Be?

Negative comments and insults over Negreanu's latest blog post prompted a very heated debate in NVG

PokerStars Doing Their Part for Legalized Online Poker in California

PokerStars will try to move the online poker legislation in California along with the help of their sponsored pros Daniel Negreanu and Jason Somerville

Phil Hellmuth Joins Negreanu & Esfandiari as Poker Central Partners

Phil Hellmuth has signed on as a partner at Poker Central, the new round-the-clock poker TV network that begins airing in October.