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Daniel Negreanu was born to Annie and Constantin on July 26th, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario Canada. Daniel’s parents moved to Canada after leaving Romania in hopes of giving their children better lives.
At the age of sixteen, Daniel discovered an affinity for gambling, pool hustling, and poker. These games, combined with his love for numbers and probability, quenched Daniel’s competitive thirst. After leaving high school one art credit short, Daniel was playing poker full time and with adults twice his age in various charity casinos and other gambling halls. Not only was Daniel playing in these games, but he was also winning on a consistent basis. As time pressed on Daniel’s bankroll grew.
Help us to 100K Subscribers - you are reading this, comment. Watch other Videos: Bluffs Gone Wrong - https://youtu.be/ffawyLHW4fY. Born in 1974 in Toronto, Canada, Negreanu has an incredible poker resume – and horrible dating one. With 6 WSOP bracelets, and over $32.8 million in career tournament winnings, Negreanu is one of the most successful tournament poker players of all time. In fact, according to the Hendon Mob, Negreanu ranks number one in terms of all time money list. Daniel Negreanu (born 26. July 1974), is an Canadian Celebrity. He made his $60 million fortune through Poker Player, and has an estimated salary of unknown.
Being one that always liked a competitive challenge, Daniel set his sights on the poker capital of the world – Las Vegas. When he turned 21, Daniel packed up his things, his bankroll, and came rolling down to The City of Lights. There he discovered that the glitzy casinos of Vegas were much different from the charity casinos in Toronto. Daniel lost his bankroll in Vegas and returned home to Toronto to rebuild what he had lost. Like a great champion, Daniel kept fighting, and he continued the cycle of winning in Toronto and then losing in Las Vegas.
Then, one day it all came together. Daniel figured out how to beat the tables in Las Vegas. He worked hard to plug the leaks in his game, spending hundreds of hours playing, studying, and working diligently to become one of the best. All of the hard work paid off. In 1997 Daniel was named best all around player at Foxwoods’ World Poker Final. In 1998, Daniel entered his very first World Series of Poker event. He won that $2,000 Pot Limit Hold ‘Em event, and at the age of 23, Daniel became the youngest player ever, at the time, to win a World Series of Poker bracelet. The win earned Daniel the nickname “Kid Poker.”
Daniel’s success continued, adding another World Series of Poker bracelet in 2003. This time Daniel demonstrated his all-around ability by winning the S.H.O.E bracelet. S.H.O.E. is a game that rotates in order: Seven Card Stud, Hold’ Em, Omaha Eights or Better and Stud Eights or Better.
Daniel had arguably the best year of his poker career in 2004. In that year, Daniel made 11 final tables, which includes two WPT victories (Borgata and Bellagio) and his third World Series of Poker bracelet in Limit Hold ‘Em. His total winnings that year amounted to a staggering $4,465,907. Daniel’s excellent play throughout the year earned him both the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Card Player Magazine Player of the Year titles. He was also named WPT Season 3 (2004-2005) Player of the Year.
Then in 2005, Daniel decided to broaden his horizons and moved into different business ventures. Daniel contributed a chapter in Doyle Brunson’s Super System 2 and began working on two books, one was released in 2007 called Hold’em Wisdom for all players & the other is Power Hold’em Strategy which was released in 2008.
The biggest announcement in 2007 was Daniel becoming a member of Team PokerStars. PokerStars is the largest online poker site in the world and is the perfect fit for Negreanu. “I’m very excited about joining Team PokerStars. The organisation seems like the perfect fit for me and I’m glad they feel the same way.” said Daniel. To this day Daniel is still one of the primary faces of Poker Stars and represents them around the World.
Daniel has continued to have success on the Poker Tournament Trail over the years with over $21 Million in life time earnings to go along with 6 WSOP Bracelets and many other championships on the WPT and other tournament circuits around the World.
2013 was another very special year for Daniel where he arguably had the best year of tournament poker anybody has had since his great 2004. Daniel started the year with a victory in the WSOP Asia-Pacific Main Event in Australia and finished it with a 2nd WSOP Bracelet on the year in the WSOP Europe High Roller Event. Sandwiched between those victories Daniel final tabled the Championship Events of both the EPT and WPT and finished 2nd in the $2,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball event at the WSOP in Las Vegas.
Daniel was named the 2013 WSOP Player of the Year, the 2013 Bluff Player of the Year and the 2013 Card Player Magazine Player of the Year and was ranked #1 on the GPI rankings to finish the year.
Daniel is arguably one of the best and most influential poker players in the world. His fun-loving personality and easy-going attitude make him a favorite among poker fans. His outspoken nature and love of the game have translated into Daniel having some strong opinions on what is best for poker and he has been consistently named by Bluff as one of the most powerful people in the world of poker in their annual rankings.
Daniel is a performer at heart and has acted in such movies as “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” and “Detention” along with appearing on numerous TV Shows both poker and non-poker related.
Daniel currently lives in Las Vegas where he loves to spend time with friends and his best buddy Mushu when he isn’t playing poker or trying to work on his golf game.
For a summary of Daniel’s career highlights, visit his Trophy Room.
First, Daniel Negreanu wanted to play Phil Hellmuth heads-up. Now, he’s making a high-stakes bet that he can’t compete against the world’s best poker players in high-stakes tournaments.
Negreanu tweeted Tuesday afternoon that he bet against the 15-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner being profitable in the $25,000 buy-in tournaments that have recently started running again at the Aria in Las Vegas. Negreanu will be laying 2:1 against Hellmuth profiting over a 50-tournament sample size.
Negreanu will be laying $400,000 against Hellmuth’s $200,000. If Hellmuth finishes in the black over the course of that sample size, Negreanu will lose the bet and fork over the six-figure sum.
Bet offered and accepted:
I’m laying $400k to phil_hellmuth</a> $200k that over 50 $25k buy in <a href='https://twitter.com/AriaLV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw'>AriaLV tournaments that Hellmuth will end up in the red.
If he shows a $1 profit he wins the bet.
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) March 2, 2021
The bet looks like an extension of a recently ignited feud between the two poker legends. Following Negreanu’s seven-figure loss to Doug Polk in their high-stakes heads-up grudge match, Hellmuth publicly criticized the six-time bracelet winner’s play in the challenge.
Hellmuth’s words sparked a fiery response from Negreanu, who offered to play heads-up at any stakes in any venue for any duration. The challenge seemed to imply a cash game challenge, which Negreanu had just spent months studying, but the two agreed to play in a heads-up sit-n-go format on PokerGO’s “High Stakes Duel.”
It will be Hellmuth’s second battle on the show after beating Antonio Esfandiari three straight matches for $400,000 in his first go-around.
Not only is Negreanu calling his heads-up game into question but is now openly doubting how good Hellmuth is at multi-table tournaments, a format that has netted him the career WSOP bracelet record, as well as more than $22 million in earnings.
Other high roller regulars are agreeing with Negreanu. Ali Imsirovic, a 24-year-old pro who made a meteoric rise up the ranks while netting more than $9 million in career tournament earnings, offered to wager even more if Hellmuth was willing to take more action.
If hellmuth wants more action, I’ll bet as much as he wants. pic.twitter.com/nBZMXR1QSt
— Ali (@aliImsirovic) March 3, 2021
Four-time WSOP bracelet winner and 2009 WSOP main event winner Joe Cada was willing to bet that the challenge doesn’t even get completed.
Can I bet this challenge doesn’t get completed? Has Phil even played over 50 25k’s in his lifetime?
— Joseph Cada (@JoeCada99) March 3, 2021
A few others implied that the regulars are already licking their chops at the thought of Hellmuth being a regular spot in the field.
25k regs rn pic.twitter.com/kMIXDjIGep
— Max Silver (@max_silver) March 3, 2021
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Aria’s Director of Poker Operations Sean McCormack said in the thread that Aria has “a few a month on average,” when someone asked how many $25,000 buy-ins run regularly. It will likely take Hellmuth most of the year to complete the challenge at that pace, but the frequency that the property runs those tournaments will increase if there is a major live tournament series this summer or fall.
When it comes to high-stakes tournaments, Hellmuth has always been somewhat of a polarizing figure.
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During his heads-up match with Esfandiari, high-stakes legend Phil Galfond gave Hellmuth props, saying that it took him a long time to realize “just how talented he is.” The tweet was met with backlash from many high-stakes pros claiming that Hellmuth was overrated.