Player Profile on Daniel Negreanu
Posted on May 9, 2008
Filed Under Pocker
Daniel Negreanu was born on July 26th 1974 in Toronto, Canada and his parents were originally from Romania but decided to settle in canada during the 60′s. Daniel began playing poker at the age of 15 and was soon spending time at small local poker games, developing his play, as the years passed however he began to look for bigger underground games nearby and was soon becoming a very talented player at an alarming rate. At 21 years of age he made the step up to the biggest stage and left for Las Vegas, unfortunately he wasn?t very successful at his first try, but was patient and persistant, returning once he had replenished his bankroll a little to try again, this time he didn’t make the same mistakes and started doing very well in some big tournaments. By the late 90′s he was beginning to make a name for himself at the WSOP and won his first bracelet in 1998 at a pot limit Holdem event, which at that time, made him the youngest person ever to win one of the coveted World Series bracelets.
These days he has 3 bracelets as well as 2 WPT titles and was ranked the player of the year in 2004 and 2005, he continues to be one of the best known professionals amongst poker fans and players, and is also an integral part of team Pokerstars, playing under his nickname and pseudonym, ‘KidPoker’.
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