Who is Daniel Negreanu?
Daniel Negreanu is a Canadian professional poker player. Daniel is considered one of the best poker players and has amassed numerous titles like World Series of Poker Bracelets, and various championship titles.
He is also the youngest WSOP bracelet winner in history.
In October 2020, Daniel was considered one of the twelve individuals named in a $330 million dollar defamation lawsuit brought by poker professional Mike Postle. However, the lawsuit was dropped in April 2021.
Daniel Negreanu: Age, Parent, Ethnicity
Negreanu celebrate his birthday on July 26, 1974. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He grew up with elder brother Mike Negreanu. Daniel Negreanu is of Romanian ethnic group and holds Canadian ethnicity.
His father’s name is Constantin Negreanu. He worked as an electrician and sold confectionery. Likely, his mother’s name is Annie Negreanu. His parents were Romanian immigrants and moved to the US for new life. However, they settled in Toronto.
Daniel was very ambitious from his childhood. In an interview, he shared that he thought of being rich and moving to California when he was just 4 yrs old.
In which school did Daniel Negreanu attend?
Daniel has his schooling at A. Y. Jackson Secondary School. Then he attended Pineway Public School.
The principal complained about his poor manners to Daniel’s mother. Later on, he dropped out of high school and started his career in poking.
Daniel Negreanu: Career, Professional life
At a young age, Daniel Negreanu learned to play poker. He was just 16 yrs old when he spends his time in pool halls, hustling, betting on sports, and playing cards.
And as of now, Negreanu is a professional land well-known cash game player. He has also played and won various Poker Championships.
Daniel Negreanu was named 2004 Card Player Player of the Year and also the WSOP Player of the Year. Next year in 2005, he became the professional spokesperson for an online poker site called Poker Mountain.
In 2007, Daniel Negreanu signed with PokerStars. However working together for around 12 years, they parted away on May 23, 2019. He captured and won two WSOP bracelets and another WSOP Player of the Year award in 2013. Since then he has captured another five bracelets. As of 2020, his winning tournament exceeds $42,000,000.
Daniel has also been part of various sponsorship programs. He has landed a great success as of 2021. Daniel was placed 3rd in Poker Masters 2, a $10,000 buy-in event, and won $103,200.
After that he placed 1st in Poker Masters 5, another $10,000 buy-in event, winning $178,200. Lastly, at the tenth event, a $25,000 buy-in tournament, he placed 3rd for $152,000.
Daniel shares his Poker Tips, Hand Breakdowns, Live Streams, DAT Poker podcasts, and various Poker vlogs on his social media accounts. He has even worked in various Tv shows and movies.
Daniel Negreanu: Salary, Net Worth
Daniel Negreanu has amassed a total of $65 million net worth as of 2022.
His total live tournament winnings exceed $42,000,000 in Jan 2020. He has accumulated a lot of money by winning the championship like
- World Poker Tour Titles in 2004 ($1,009,100 and $1,795,218 )
- Spring Championship of Online Poker in 2013 ($216,000)
- World Championship of Online Poker in 2016 ($61,865.47 )
World Series of Poker bracelets
The poker player up to now has won 6 bracelets and their prize are showed as below:
| Year | Tournament | Prize |
| 1998 | Pot-Limit Hold’em | $169,460 |
| 2003 | S.H.O.E. | $100,440 |
| 2004 | Limit Hold’em | $169,100 |
| 2008 | Limit Hold’em | $204,874 |
| 2013A | No Limit Hold’em Main Event | A$1,038,825 |
| 2013E | High Roller No Limit Hold’em | €725,000 |
Rumor and controversy
Daniel Negreanu has been involved in various controversies. He quits EPT Barcelona after a controversial ruling and was allegedly not in his seat.
Daniel was recently banned from streaming on Twitch. It was after a recent outburst during his live streams playing in the WSOP Online on July 2020. One was when he seemed to break his computer and in another, he went on a vulgar rent after someone commented about his wife.
How tall is Daniel Negreanu?
Daniel Negreanu stands tall at a height of 5 feet and 9 inches. His body mass is around 72 kg. With brown hair, he has beautiful hazel eyes.
Daniel Negreanu: Social media
The poker is active on Twitter with around 504K followers, over 341K followers on Instagram, and likely around 333K followers on his Facebook account.
Similarly, Daniel Negreanu launched his YouTube channel on Oct2, 2006, and has 617 K subscribers as of now. He is also active on other social media sites like Spotify, Sticher, Twitch, iTunes, and others.
Trivia
- Daniel Negreanu became vegetarian in 2000 and is vegan since 2006.
- Living for such many years in the USA he received his green card on July 15, 2009.
- Daniel is not gay however has always supported gay rights.
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Daniel Negreanu's Birthday Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | July | Wednesday |
| 2024 | July | Friday |
| 2025 | July | Saturday |
| 2026 | July | Sunday |
| 2027 | July | Monday |
