 Daniel Negreanu Quickly becoming a favorite among poker fans everywhere, young Daniel Negreanu has been playing cards with the best of the best. During the WSOP 2004, Daniel Negreanu was even profiled as someone who plays poker seven days a week, his mom makes him lunch before going to the poker tables, and he still lives with his mother. A simple man, but an excellent card player with the mind of a genius. The Canadian poker player that loves to play heads up with anyone.
Daniel was born in Toronto Canada in 1974 by Romanian parents. He lives in Las Vegas and has a passion for his town. He is unmarried. He started playing poker at age 15 and enjoys movies and reggae music. He also plays a lot of golf. His main ambition in life is to find the women of his dreams and start a family and to continue to be successful in Poker. Instead of going to school, he quit when he was 18 and started playing poker full time. He went to Vegas and in the beginning of his career he failed the game. He decided that he needed to study the game in order to be successful. It paid off. In 1999, he reached the finals in Foxwoods and WSOP the following year. Today, he plays in the biggest cash prize tournaments and has won major poker tournaments. He was announced the player of the year in 2004. Daniel has written books about Poker and is considered one of the most prestigious players today. In WSOP 2004 he won money in 6 tournaments and won Event 15 - going away with $169,100. Some of Daniel's Results: 6 WSOP bracelets 1997: Best All Around Player, World Poker Finals. 1998: WSOP Pot Limit Hold'em at age 23. First WSOP event ever played. . 2002: Legends of Poker 2002 Event # 5 7- Card Stud, 1st 2002: Legends of Poker 2002 Event # Omaha Hi/Lo, 1st 2002: Legends of Poker 2002 Event # Omaha Hi/Lo split, 2nd 2002: Legends of Poker 2002 Event # No Limit Holdem, 1st 2002: Hall of Fame Poker Classic, Limit Holdem, 1st 2002: Four Queens Poker Classic, Limit Holdem, 2nd 2002: World Series of Poker, Limit Hold 'em Shootout, 6th 2003: World Series of Poker, S.H.O.E, 1st 2004: Caribbean Adventure, No-Limit Hold'em, 3rd 2004: Five Diamond World Poker Classic
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