Daniel Negrean is one of the most famous professional poresters in the history of this game and exactly the most media. It is unlikely.
Daniel is a Canadian, however with Romanian roots. He was born in 1974. At the age of 15 he learned to play poker, and already at 21 moved to Las Vegas and decided to start a professional career.
In 1998, Negrean won his first WSOP bracelet, becoming the youngest who succeeded at that moment. Hence the most famous nickname Kid Poker (kid pokerist). In total, Daniel has already won 6 world series bracelets. However, even this is just a small portion of his success in the poker. For four years (2015-2018) Negrean headed a list of the most successful tournament players in history. Currently, with a career win over $ 42 million, Canadian is a third place (after Brin Kenny and Justin Bonomo) and does not lose hope to regain the championship.
Daniel Negrean is a member of the Glory Hall of Power / Pocketfives
In 2014, Negrean became a member of the Glory Cower hall. He is the author of many articles about poker and actively leads a blog, where he shares the details of the life of a professional poker, and gives many interesting advice to beginners. Besides Daniel, like most Canadians, a large hockey fan. In particular, he is one of the shareholders of the NHL club "Las Vegas Golden Knights". The pokerist had time to try himself even in Hollywood. Negrean received episodic roles in movies "Lucky", "Talt", "King Poker", "Thing", "People X: Beginning. Rosamakh", and other.
However, not Daniel Negrean’s main feature, who at one time made him a legend of poker – is the ability to read opponents. More than once in large tournaments Canadian literally guessed cards of his opponents. And it is better to see with your own eyes.