Daniel Negreanu: Poker Player Profile
Nicknamed Kid Poker, Daniel Negreanu is among the most respected and most decorated professional players in the history of poker. At every event he plays in, he is a fan favorite and surely someone to reckon with at the Poker tables. Coming off a great performance at the latest World of Series Poker Europe, he remains one of the top players in the poker world. The general public find it easy to relate with his style of play, which includes a whole lot of talking. He comes off as easy going and seems to always have a great time at the tables. His broke out into the poker scene in the mid 1990s and continues to be successful today. He has a natural love and knack for gambling and even bets on golf. Negreanu is a true poker player in essence and will play any form of poker available to him.
He is a poker icon back in his native country Canada where his Poker dreams started. He first tried playing in backroom games and in casinos near Toronto Ontario and broke through in 1997 at Foxwoods where he won two events for more than $50,000. This started the climb to the top of the poker world for the young man. The year after that he won his first bracelet at the WSOP, this was worth more than $160,000 and would be a sign of future success at the tournaments. His next bracelet was won in 2003 but during that period he had eight top 15 finishes and came close several times. The second bracelet was won in a SHOE tournament where he also bagged more than $100,000.
But the best year so far in his career was in 2004 when he claimed top honors for his efforts. During that year, he finished in the top 10 in tournaments for five times. He finished 3rd in a No Limit Holdem event and won the limit holdem event for his third bracelet. In 2005, he took home more than $750,000 after winning a circuit event. This was his biggest cash at the WSOP. In 2008, he won his fourth bracelet in a Limit Holdem tournament. Just recently he was in London and was looking to win his first WSOPE bracelet. Although he didn’t win, he still made the final table at the main event and won more than £250,000. Overall, he has four bracelets, 33 cashes, and more than $2 million in WSOP earnings in his careers so far.
He has also had considerable success outside of the World Series of Poker. He has two WPT titles and was the WPT Player of the Year back in 2005 with 16 WPT cashes in his career. If you try to add everything up, his total poker tournaments earnings would reach up to $10 million. He ranks the second all time to main event winner Jamie Gold. And as he is still young, we can expect to see more of him in the poker world, whether he is at the tables or as an announcer.
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