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10/13/2025

Daniel Negreanu’s Biography

Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu (51 years)
Canada/USA
Male
7/26/1974
over $59 924 695
Offline prizes
exact amount is unknown
Online prizes
The best result:
$8 288 001 (2nd place in The Big One for One Drop with $1 000 000 buy-in at the WSOP 2014)
Main achievements:
7 WSOP bracelets (including 1 WSOP Europe and 1 WSOP APAC), twice took 11th place at the WSOP ME (in 2001 and 2014), member of the Poker Hall of Fame, 1st in All Time Money List for 2014-2018, 8th in All Time Money List for 2025, top-10 best world players, 2 titles WSOP Player of the Year (2004, 2013)
Can be found by nickname:
PokerStars: Kid Poker
Kid PokerNJ
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Daniel Negreanu is one of the most famous professional poker players of our time. He has repeatedly been recognised as Poker Ambassador and, of course, Negreanu is the brightest representative of the game. Almost every poker fan knows Negreanu’s name.

The Early Years of Daniel Negreanu’s Life

Daniel was born and raised in Canada. Although he has Romanian roots and most of the time he spends in the USA (he even got American citizenship), he is a true Canadian and plays in poker tournaments under the flag of this country.

Negreanu has a lot of titles and victories in the prestigious poker competitions. He regularly participates in different shows, acts as a commentator and presenter of many significant events.

Daniel Negreanu's Career in Poker

In tournament poker, Negreanu almost 4 years had been considered as number one in terms of the money earned for the whole time with a total winning of over $39 000 000, until Justin Bonomo got ahead of him in this rating in 2018. In addition, Daniel, from time to time, plays cash and participates in charity events. According to the recent calculations in 2025, the total live earnings of Daniel exceeded $59 924 695.

In 2007, Negreanu became a Team Pro representative of PokerStars – one of the most famous poker rooms. Since that time, he became famous as "Kid Poker". 12 years later, Negreanu stopped the partnership with PokerStars. The same year, the new era of his partnership started. Daniel has become affiliated with GGPoker. 

In 2014, Daniel Negreanu deservedly joined the Poker Hall of Fame. He could have done it earlier, but he turned 40 years old only in 2014. According to the rules, it's impossible to be included in the Hall of Fame under 40 years old.

The Recent Successes of Daniel Negreanu

Active participation in the tournaments after 2019 didn’t bring him any substantial cash. In 2021, Daniel was the 1st at the PKG PokerGO Cup in Las Vegas. This win added $700,000 to his total life earnings.

2022 was special in his career. Negreanu got over $3 million for the 1st position at Super High Roller Bowl 7. Daniel started competing for the WSOP bracelet in 2023.

The buy-in of $50,000 in the Poker Players Championship in 2024 brought Daniel Negreanu his 7th WSOP bracelet in his entire career.

Daniel is still noticed at tables in 2025. In March, he won the PGT Mixed Games and acquired $292,500. Becoming the runner-up at the 2025 WSOP brought him $313,000. Daniel cashed $531,284 in the 2025 WSOP Event in June, and it was his latest big cash.

Negreanu doesn’t plan to stop his poker career. According to many reputable opinions, he is still one of the most successful players in the world.

Daniel Negreanu

Interesting Facts About Daniel Negreanu

  • Until 2004, Daniel had been considered the youngest player to win the WSOP. That’s why he has got his moniker "Kid Poker" (Negreanu’s nickname).
  • At the end of 2005, Daniel opened his poker room, which operated for about two years and closed as soon as Negreanu signed a contract with PokerStars.
  • Negreanu has participated in "Super-System 2" writing of the legendary Doyle Brunson and has eventually become a co-author of the book. In addition, Daniel wrote over a hundred articles about poker, and he regularly writes on his blog.
  • Negreanu is a big hockey fan. He constantly monitors the game and collects hockey sweaters. At the moment, his collection numbers more than fifty exemplars. Toronto Maple Leafs is the poker player’s favourite team. Also, the player helped the appearance of the Las Vegas hockey team, the Vegas Golden Knights, in 2016.
  • Daniel Negreanu is a vegetarian (even a vegan). He does not eat animal origin products or wear clothes made with natural leather and fur.
  • Negreanu tries to hide his personal life, but, before he married Amanda Leatherman, it was known that Daniel lived for some time with a girl named Marissa. In 2017, the couple adopted two puppies, Yorkshire Terrier named Rocky and Apollo. After the separation, both dogs remained with the poker player.
  • Negreanu's filmography is extensive enough. In addition to participating in such well-known poker shows as Shark Cage, Poker After Dark, High Stakes Poker, etc., Daniel has also played episodic roles in several films, including “Lucky You”, “Tilt”, “Poker Kings”, “The Grand”, “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” and others.
  • Negreanu is fond of computer games. In 2015, he started to play Hearthstone and even took part in the world championship.
  • "Kid Poker", a documentary film about Negreanu, was produced in 2015.

Film about Negreanu

  • In 2018, Daniel Negreanu joined a training resource MasterClass and began to carry out poker trainings. A detailed Daniel Negreanu masterclass review will be useful for anyone interested in poker.
  • In 2019 married Amanda Leatherman (now Amanda Negreanu). This is why the answer to the popular question "Is Daniel Negreanu gay?" is pretty obvious - and it's negative.
  • In 2019, Negreanu was named the WSOP Player of the Year, which he was very happy about, because for him it meant becoming the holder of this title three times. But a couple of days later, it turned out that a mistake had been made in the calculations and in fact, the best player in the World Series of Poker was Australian player Robert Campbell. Daniel was upset about this incident but congratulated the opponent on a decent victory.
  • According to recent estimates, the net worth of Daniel Negreanu is around $70 million.
  • Daniel is 8th in the All-Time Money List of 2025. His position in All Time Money list in Canada is the 1st.
  • Negreanu is the first poker player who win bracelets in all available locations.
  • He records The MANIA podcast with his wife. They discuss relationships, mental health issues, communication matters, etc.
  • As for Daniel Negreanu's net worth, the number of $50 million is often cited on the Web.

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