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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7 years ago9,174BestPokerVids,

Published 7 years ago

$478,600 Pot Makes Daniel Negreanu SWEAT!

Daniel Negreanu plays in yet another massive pot on High Stakes Poker. This time he's up against David Benyamine, another regular ...

12 years ago13,680

Published 12 years ago

2011 WCOOP - Event 61 - $10,300 8 Game feat. Negreanu and Katchalov

this is the final table of the 2011 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker event #61 - $10,300 8-game with big names like D...

8 years ago6,161BestPokerVids,

Published 8 years ago

2015 PCA - Negreanu bluffs Haxton

Daniel Negreanu pulls a huge bluff against Ike Haxton at the 2015 Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure on a stacked table that also host...

8 years ago12,762BestPokerVids,

Published 8 years ago

2016 American Poker Awards - Daniel Negreanu's Moment of the Year

Daniel Negreanu chats to Laura at the American Poker Awards shortly after collecting his GPI "Moment Of The Year" Award which he w...

8 years ago22,873BestPokerVids,

Published 8 years ago

2016 American Poker Awards - Stapes and Negreanu Having a Laugh

Joe Stapleton and Daniel Negreanu having a laugh during the dinner break at the GPI 2016 American Poker Awards at The SLS Hotel in...

8 years ago24,767BestPokerVids,

Published 8 years ago

2016 WPT LA Poker Classic: Day 1 Update

Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, Mike Sexton and defending champion Anthony Zinno are in the field as Executive Tournament Director...

5 years ago11,953MalYuhoo,

Published 5 years ago

5 SHOCKING MOMENTS IN POKER

5 of the craziest moments we have seen in poker history. 

13 years ago41,512

Published 13 years ago

50 minutes with Daniel Negreanu

During some WCOOP events on PokerStars, Daniel Negreanu took some time to make this really nice interview with PokerTube. We talk ...

9 years ago7,608ThePokerAces,

Published 9 years ago

Accidental Slowroll Turns Bad Beat

Team America featuring Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth gets their aces cracked after an accidental slowroll by team Europe with ...

10 years ago8,038LaoTze,

Published 10 years ago

Amazing call from Deeb versus Negreanu

Amazing call from Deeb versus Negreanu

Chris Ferguson’s Apology Just Makes Things Worse

Chris “Jesus” Ferguson came forward to “apologise” for his involvement in Full Tilt’s Black Friday collapse, and the millions of dollars poker players lost or had frozen in its wake.

Live Poker Events, 6 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.

Cleaning out the Tankers

The ‘Will Kassouf story’ on ESPN has raised the debate once again - what’s an acceptable length of time to make your decision and play?

Coaching The Billionaires!

​The upcoming €1million buy-in MonteCarlo One Drop event may have seen the professionals being barred from playing, but that hasn’t stopped them from getting in on the action.

Live Poker Events, 9 years ago

Colman Defeats Negreanu to Claim the Big One Platinum Bracelet

The Big One for One Drop tournament reached its big finale tonight. Nine players of original 42 took their seats to try and best each other chasing the custom-made platinum bracelet as well as the

Connor Drinan Hospitalised After Arm Wrestling Accident

Drinan doesn’t say who was on the other end of the evidently competitive arm-wrestling competition.

D-Negs WSOP Vlog: Smack Talking Hellmuth, Matusow’s Crazy Stories and Getting Shut Down By Ivey

The real highlight is the contribution of the elusive and camera shy Phil Ivey who Daniel tries to draw out on the subject of a slightly odd PLO hand.

DNegs Attacks The Irish Duo Behind Award-Winning Podcast

Daniel Negreanu finally lost the plot in a long-running feud

Live Poker Events, 6 years ago

Dan Smith Wins WPT Five Diamond WPC $100k Super High Roller For $1,404,000

It took a concerted effort by a Dan Smith and Daniel Negreanu tag-team to deny another German super high-roller victory.

Daniel Negreanu - The Story Of Canada’s KidPoker

He is perhaps the best-known poker player in the world – even in the history of the game – with $millions to his name and a social media following that includes trolls by the dozen