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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

Liv Boeree Under Attack for Annie Duke Defense

Former poker player Annie Duke may be well used to receiving abuse for her shady practices over the years, but it was Liv Boeree in the firing line on Twitter.

Kevin Hart Beats Usain Bolt in the First #GameOn Heads-Up Match

Kevin Hart beat Usain Bolt in the first of the two freezeout sessions they’re playing in their #gameon challenge - Bolt still has a chance to equalize.

Viffer Calls Out Deeb on Debt Claim

When ‘Viffer’ decided to pick up on something Daniel Negreanu spoke about recently about Mike ‘the Mouth’ Matusow, it didn’t take long for Shaun Deeb to stick his nose in, and bend Viffer’s out of shape.

Berri Sweet Wades in to High Stakes Bumhunting Debate

‘Berri Sweet’, has gone public with a threat to unmask the players he feels have led the nosebleed PLO games on PokerStars ‘to a point where breaking the rules has become the norm’

Table Rage: The Worst Times the Pros Got Mad

Often a combination of the players natural urge to show their emotions and their personality coupled with their awareness of the cameras being present are the perfect recipe to creating memorable and entertaining poker video.

The Top 5 Most Hated Poker Personalities

Love and hate are among the strongest emotions and the poker world evokes its fair share of them both

Live Poker Events, 9 years ago

Daniel Negreanu Cashes 9 Times at 2014 WSOP

While most will point to Daniel Negreanu's second place showing in the $1 million Big One for One Drop for a payday of more than $8 million as a successful summer at the WSOP, the Canadian pro's

Marle Cordeiro is Looking For a Poker Playing Boyfriend

Marle Cordeiro trawls the casinos of Vegas in search of love

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.

Live Poker Events, 6 years ago

Cary Katz takes down PCA SHR for $1,492,340

It took Cary Katz only 14 hours from start to finish to bag the $1,492,340 top prize in the $100,000 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller.