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Daniel Negreanu

Professional Poker Player

Career Highlights: Known as one of the most recognizable poker celebrities, Daniel Negreanu has amassed millions of dollars in tournament earnings…A tremendous tournament poker talent, Negreanu has been named Cardplayer Poker Player of the Year and has four World Series of Poker bracelets…He also has two World Poker Tour crowns…A Canadian native, Negreanu dreamed of becoming a professional poker player…In 1997, he won two events at the World Poker Finals at Foxwoods (CT), earning $55,064 and was named the tournament’s best all-around player…Negreanu followed that by winning $169,460 at the $2,000 Pot Limit Hold’em in the 1998 World Series of Poker where he became the youngest WSOP bracelet winner in history (a record he held until 2004)…Over the next few years, he established himself as one of the most successful poker tournament players winning two WPT events, another three World Series bracelets, and appearing at 12 final tables…Negreanu was named the 2004 WSOP Player of the Year and the 2005 WPT Player of the Year…In December 2005 he started his own online poker card room on his official site, Full Contact Poker, which included his blog and a variety of poker forums…In 2007, Negreanu signed with PokerStars, joining Chris Moneymaker, Joe Hachem and others as a member of Team PokerStars…Negreanu has played poker on various television shows such as “Late Night Poker,” “Poker After Dark,” and “High Stakes Poker,” as well as serving as a commentator and stand-in host on “Ultimate Poker Challenge”…He can be briefly seen in the recently released hit film “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” when he is seated with Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) and Gambit (Remy LeBeau) at a poker table…Negreanu was named Favorite Poker Player at Card Player Magazine’s Player of the Year Awards Gala in 2006…Negreanu’s book “Power Hold’em Strategy” was released in 2008.

Updated: May 2009
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