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Daniel Negreanu (born July 26, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a professional poker player.
Negreanu is the top Canadian poker player in the world. As a teenager he was an aspiring pool player but then transitioned to gambling and then poker. He dropped out of high school and became a rounder, looking for illegal games around Toronto. When he was 21, he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada.
In his first World Series of Poker appearance in 1998 he won a bracelet in pot limit Texas hold 'em tournament making him the youngest WSOP event champion in history at age 23. The following year he won the United States poker championship and in 2001 he finished 11th in the main event of the WSOP.
In 2004 Negreanu had his best year at the WSOP, winning one bracelet and finishing in the money in five other events, earning him ESPN's Toyota player of the year award. Most recently, in fall 2004, he won the Borgata Poker Open, part of the World Poker Tour, earning him over $1.1 million, and the Five Diamond World Poker Classic, worth $1.8 million. Negreanu's success in 2004 won him the CardPlayer Magazine Player of the Year award. He is currently the all-time leading money winner (http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/rank.php?a=r&n=123) on the World Poker Tour circuit. Since 1997 Negreanu has more tournament wins than anyone in poker. As of 2005, He has three WSOP bracelets, and two World Poker Tour titles.
In addition to his poker playing, Negreanu has written over 100 columns for Card Player Magazine. He is a contributor for the updated version of Doyle Brunson's "bible" of poker Super/System. He tutors people online as part of Poker School Online (http://www.pokerschoolonline.com/) and even high profile clients in real life such as actor Tobey Maguire who has had some recent success in poker tournaments.
Negreanu is easy to spot in a tournament, almost always wearing a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey and listening to music on headphones which he says relaxes him so that he can win.
Negreanu currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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