Daniel Negreanu

Name
Daniel Negreanu
Nickname
Kid Poker
Country
Canada
City
Toronto
Poker Room
PokerStars
Total Winnings
$19,177,928
Global Poker Index
Place: 35th (24th)Points: 2169.03

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Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu @RealKidPoker
End day 2 of WPT Championship with 124k blinds 1500-3000 tomorrow. Rough day just glad it's over! Average is about 220k I think.
May 20, 04:13
Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu @RealKidPoker
End day 1 of WPT Championship with 206,300 avg is 120k
May 19, 04:04
Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu @RealKidPoker
Last year got 151 so oops I don't see them getting over that
May 18, 19:27
Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu @RealKidPoker
WPT Championship about to start with an incredibly small field! Just 50 players but it will still likely hit 200 with late reg open long.
May 18, 19:10
Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu @RealKidPoker
Also turned down what looks like an incredibly fun night.Being disciplined is hard but I believe it's worth it. WPT Championship is worth it
May 18, 04:36

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Biography

Daniel Negreanu could easily be the most recognized face in poker today. He has an immense passion for the game and a cunning ability to read his opponents. Although this may make Negreanu out to be a tough, unapproachable player, “Kid Poker” is light-hearted, friendly, and good-natured both on and off the felt.

Intro

Daniel Negreanu was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1974. He started playing poker when he was 21 years old and has been doing it ever since. He is widely considered to be one of the best players in the world as his title collection features 5 WSOP bracelets, 2 WTP titles and numerous cashes in the world's major poker events. Negreanu is also a member of Team PokerStars pro, an author and a co-author of some of the most popular poker books including Hold’em Wisdom for All Players and Doyle Brunson’s Super/System II.

Background

The native of Toronto, Canada, Negreanu got his start in gambling as a young teenager hanging out in pool halls, hustling, betting on sports, and also playing cards. With the encouragement of his parents to always chase his dreams, Daniel decided school just wasn’t in the cards for him. He left high school just one credit short of graduation to focus on poker.

After cleaning up around town, Negreanu decided to head out to Las Vegas at the age of 21. You might think that was all she wrote, but it wasn’t that easy. Daniel only lasted in Vegas for several months before having to return home to Toronto. After taking some time to re-establish his bankroll, it was time to take another shot at it. He may have been broke, but his dreams weren’t shattered just yet.

World Series of Poker

In 1998, at the age of 23, Negreanu entered his first World Series of Poker and became the youngest WSOP champion ever after winning the $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em Event. Negreanu kept the title of youngest champion until 2004. He was then named the player of the year at the 2004 WSOP after he took home another bracelet and netted multiple other cashes.

In 2008 Negreanu added a fourth WSOP bracelet to his collection and came just short of his fifth the very next year by scoring one runner-up finish in Vegas and then another one in London at the WSOP Europe. Negreanu stepped down to Barry Shulman in the English capital for the Main Event title collecting a cash prize of almost half a million pounds.

Daniel Negreanu's Top 6 WSOP Results

YearEventPlacePrize
1998$2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em1st$169,460
2003$2,000 S.H.O.E.1st$100,440
2004$2,000 Limit Hold'em1st$169,100
2008$ 2,000 Limit Hold'em1st$204,863
2003$3,000 No-Limit Hold'em2nd$210,980
2009WSOPE London £10,000 Main Event2nd£495,589 ($817,035)
2013WSOP-APAC A$10,000 Main Event1stAA$1,038,825

World Poker Tour

The World Poker Tour marks two of Negreanu's biggest tournament cashes both of which he scored in 2004. First he won the Borgata Poker Open $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Final Day event in September taking home more than $1,1 million and just three months later he took down the Five-Diamond World Poker Classic $15,000 Championship event in Las Vegas for over $1,7 million. Earlier that very same year Negreanu had another big payday when he finished in the runner-up position at the PartyPoker.com Million III Limit Hold'em Cruise, $7,000 Limit-Hold'em Championship Final Day event collecting almost $700,000.

Daniel Negreanu's Top 5 WPT Results

YearEventPlacePrize
2004Five-Diamond World Poker Classic $15,000 Championship1st$1,770,218
2004Borgata Poker Open $10,000 No Limit Hold'em1st$1,117,400
2004PartyPoker.com Million III $7,000 Limit Hold'em Championship2nd$675,178
2007Gold Strike World Poker Open $10,000 Main Event2nd$502,691
2006Five Diamond World Poker Classic $15,000 Doyle Brunson North American Poker Classic3rd$592,000

European Poker Tour

The European soil has been relatively successful for Negreanu as well. In 2012 he scored three big EPT cashes, although one of them was achieved in the Caribbean islands. Just like in 2011 when Daniel scored one of the biggest tournament cashes of his career after finishing second in the European Poker Tour PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller Event. He collected a second place prize of $1 Million after loosing the heads-up match to Eugene Katchalov.

Then in 2012 he came back to the Paradise Island for some more and took home just over quarter of a million dollars after finishing in fifth place at the $100,000 Super High Roller event. Just a few months later Negreanu went to Monte Carlo for the EPT Grand Final and first final tabled the €98,500 8 Max Super High Roller Reload and then finished second in the €25,000 8 Max High Roller event just a few days later. The two events gave Negreanu's bankroll a boost of almost one million euros.

Daniel Negreanu's Top 5 EPT Results

YearEventPlacePrize
2011PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller2nd$1,000,000
2012Grand Final, Monte Carlo €25,000 8 Max High Roller2nd€598,600
2010Vienna €5,000 Main Event4th€175,000
2012PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller5th$250,900
2012Grand Final, Monte Carlo €98,500 8 Max Super High Roller Reload6th€310,000

Other Achievements

In 1999 Negreanu won the $7,500 Texas Hold'em Championship Event at the United States Poker Championship in Atlantic City for $210,000. His other notable unbranded tournament finishes include winning the Championship Poker at the Plaza in Las Vegas, $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em event for $310,000 back in 2004 and taking down the C$ 2,500 No-Limit Hold'em tournament in the British Columbia Poker Championships in Richmond for C$ 371,910 in 2008. Negreanu is also known for appearing on many TV poker shows such as Late Night Poker, Poker After Dark, and High Stakes Poker.

Sponsorship

Negreanu is a PokerStars sponsored player and a member of the site's Team Pro. He joined PokerStars in June 2007 and has been wearing team colors ever since. Not only does he represent the site in all of the major live poker tournaments around the world, but is also a regular at the PokerStars online poker tables.

Did you know?

  • Daniel Negreanu runs his own poker training site PokerVT.com
  • He is the highest-earning Canadian poker player of all-time
  • Worked as a telemarketer for just one day and a month at a Subway

Covered Events

Event Place Prize Date
The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Main Event
4th €321,000 May 12 2013
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #7: €10,450 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
43rd €20,150 October 04 2012
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #6: €1,650 Six-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha
19th €2,774 September 29 2012
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #4: €3,250 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
16th €5,428 September 27 2012
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
Main Event
118th €9,950 August 25 2012
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
160th $52,718 July 16 2012
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 60: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit)
13th $19,272 July 07 2012
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 56: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
104th $4,155 July 04 2012
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 8: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better
45th $5,639 June 03 2012
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 5: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em
5th $41,683 May 31 2012
The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
€25,000 High Roller
2nd €598,600 May 01 2012
The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
€100,000 Super High Roller
6th €310,000 April 25 2012
2012 PokerStars.net LAPT Grand Final
Main Event
6th $48,730 February 20 2012
2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Super High Roller
5th $250,900 January 07 2012
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #58: $10,000 Main Event
211st $47,107 July 19 2011
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #40: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
20th $24,942 June 25 2011
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #13: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
59th $4,998 June 10 2011
The Big Event at The Bicycle Casino
The Main Event
37th $9,000 March 10 2011
2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$100,000 Super High Roller
2nd $1,000,000 January 08 2011
2010 APPT Sydney
Main Event
9th 36,415 AUD December 12 2010
2010 PokerStars.net EPT Vienna
Main Event
4th €175,000 October 31 2010
2010 PokerStars.com EPT London
Main Event
115th £7,500 October 04 2010
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Event #4: £10,350 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Heads-Up
5th £47,045 September 23 2010
2010 World Series of Poker
WSOP Tournament of Champions
6th $25,000 July 04 2010
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #52: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed
11th $77,569 July 02 2010
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #40: $2,500 Seven Card Razz
29th $5,423 June 23 2010
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #26: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
16th $23,537 June 16 2010
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #19: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship
8th $26,004 June 11 2010
PartyPoker Premier League IV
PartyPoker Premier League IV
4th $80,000 February 19 2010
2009 World Series of Poker Europe
£10,000 WSOPE Main Event
2nd £495,589 October 01 2009
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $2,500 Limit Deuce to Seven Triple Draw
16th $7,223 July 02 2009
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 53 - $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8-or-better
47th $2,696 July 01 2009
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 47 - $2,500 Mixed Hold'em
37th $5,757 June 27 2009
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 38 - $2,000 Limit Hold'em
26th $6,169 June 22 2009
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 18 - $10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better
4th $130,401 June 10 2009
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 14 - $2,500 Six-handed Limit Hold'em
2nd $138,280 June 08 2009
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 10 - $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha
43rd $5,074 June 06 2009
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 6 - $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud
10th $36,267 June 04 2009
2009 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship
$20,000 Heads-up Championship
5th $75,000 March 08 2009
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
£10,000 WSOP Europe Main Event
5th £217,200 October 02 2008
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
Event 2 - £2,500 H.O.R.S.E.
14th £5,500 September 24 2008
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
Event 1 - £1,500 No Limit Hold'em
24th £4,305 September 22 2008
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 45 - $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship
13th $142,080 June 29 2008
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 28 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys
7th $123,437 June 16 2008
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 20 - $2,000 Limit Hold'em
1st $204,874 June 12 2008
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 14 - $10,000 Seven-Card Stud World Championship
11th $33,417 June 09 2008
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 5 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/ Re-buys
22nd $16,496 June 05 2008
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 32 - $2,000 Seven Card Stud
5th $21,321 June 20 2007
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 21 - $1,500 No Limit Holdem Shootout
3rd $101,351 June 13 2007

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