Daniel Negreanu Best Poker Tips

Poker pro Daniel Negreanu has long been one of my favorites. I admire his skills and personality. Also, as longtime readers of my columns know, while I enjoy no limit Texas Hold'em as well as video poker games on occasion, limit hold'em is my favorite poker variant. So, naturally, when a friend recently gave me a copy of Daniel's report on his participation in the World Series of Poker, $10,000 No Limit Hold'em World Championship back in 2004 I enjoyed the read greatly and thought that I should share this message with my readers. But first, some words about our hero.

Doug Polk had his best session yet, winning $117,624 over 852 hands last night. That puts him up $143, 996 over 4,651 hands after nearly 20% of the challenge, or almost 40% of the way until Negreanu can choose to quit. — Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) September 24, 2020 For a while there, the answer was probably nothing, and understandably so. As a GGPoker ambassador, Negreanu was in Mexico for a month to play the World Series of Poker Online events in a bid to win his sixth bracelet (he bet plenty of money on himself to do so too, but we'll get to that. If you've ever come up against Daniel Negreanu, it might feel like he is reading your mind. The poker legend is one of the game's most notorious characters and has gained a reputation for being arguably the best in the business when it comes to calling his opponent's cards. Daniel was regarded as the best poker player of the decade in 2014 by the independent poker ranking service Global Poker Index (GPI). Apart from 6 WSOP bracelets, he has also won a WSOP circuit ring. WSOP Circuit Ring: Watch Daniel Negreanu win his only World Series Of Poker Circuit Ring in 2006 (published 12 January 2018).

Canada's gift to our poker world, Daniel Negreanu has earned worldwide acclaim and is one of the biggest live poker tournament winners of all time. Born in Toronto in July 1974, he took to poker at an early age, earning the nickname 'Kid Poker.'

To date, he has won dozens poker titles and notched 350+ cashes.

Doug Polk had his best session yet, winning $117,624 over 852 hands last night. That puts him up $143, 996 over 4,651 hands after nearly 20% of the challenge, or almost 40% of the way until Negreanu can choose to quit. — Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) September 24, 2020 For a while there, the answer was probably nothing, and understandably so. As a GGPoker ambassador, Negreanu was in Mexico for a month to play the World Series of Poker Online events in a bid to win his sixth bracelet (he bet plenty of money on himself to do so too, but we'll get to that. If you've ever come up against Daniel Negreanu, it might feel like he is reading your mind. The poker legend is one of the game's most notorious characters and has gained a reputation for being arguably the best in the business when it comes to calling his opponent's cards. Daniel was regarded as the best poker player of the decade in 2014 by the independent poker ranking service Global Poker Index (GPI). Apart from 6 WSOP bracelets, he has also won a WSOP circuit ring. WSOP Circuit Ring: Watch Daniel Negreanu win his only World Series Of Poker Circuit Ring in 2006 (published 12 January 2018).

Canada's gift to our poker world, Daniel Negreanu has earned worldwide acclaim and is one of the biggest live poker tournament winners of all time. Born in Toronto in July 1974, he took to poker at an early age, earning the nickname 'Kid Poker.'

To date, he has won dozens poker titles and notched 350+ cashes.

As time of publication, he's won 6 WSOP bracelets and recorded over $18.5 million in winnings there. He's also got 2 WPT titles and over $6.8 million in winnings on that tour. Plus, he's even won $1.7+ million on the European Poker Tour. Additional accolades Negreanu has amassed over the years include winning WSOP Player of the Year in 2004 and 2013, and WPT Player of the Year for 2004 – 2005. In 2014, Negreanu was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame, and was also recognized as the best poker player of the decade by Global Poker Index. Adding to his popularity, he has appeared in many poker films, videos, and on television.

In 2014, Negreanu was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame, and was also recognized as the best poker player of the decade by Global Poker Index. Adding to his popularity, he has appeared in many poker films, videos, and on television. Negreanu's book, Power Hold'em Strategy, was published in May 2008.

Negreanu's book, Power Hold'em Strategy, was published in May 2008. He is also featured in the 2006 poker video game, Stacked with Daniel Negreanu, offering tips on playing well. He has written over 100 magazine articles, countless blog posts, and contributed to Doyle Brunson's revised book, Super System II. He's got his own MasterClass and has produced numerous vlogs over the years. And, of course, his philanthropic contributions include countless appearances in charity events.

Negreanu's 2004 WSOP $10K Limit Hold'em report is entitled 'Being Realistic.'

He admits that when he first started playing tournament poker, his ultimate goal was to win the 'big one' – the World Series of Poker $10,000 No Limit World Championship. 'I always felt that if I worked hard enough, I would eventually achieve that goal.' As time passed, this goal no longer became a priority in his life. 'It's really no big deal… I'm just being realistic.'

But, as he entered the 2004 WSOP, he did have a goal: To win the Player of the Year Award. He played in every tournament he could, and was well in the running for the award. With just one event remaining, he was doing well. There were maybe two or three people that could catch him. 'That would be my most precious achievement,' he wrote.

Negreanu acknowledged that he did not play well. 'I knew full well that a patient strategy was the right way to go but, for some reason, I lacked the necessary patience. Instead of waiting for his opponents to make mistakes… I was the one who made the crucial mistakes by bluffing in spots where I knew better.' He takes full responsibility for getting knocked out. He promises to learn from this experience. 'I will improve.' By making fewer mistakes, 'then maybe, if I can get extremely lucky, I may one day have a chance to win the elusive World Championship of Poker.' Then he closes with a rhetorical touch of reality: 'Of course, I won't be holding my breath!'

His ultimate message: Be realistic, and be patient.

To that I would add: 'But I can dream, can't I?' And always have a goal.

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Daniel Negreanu is no ordinary poker player. Not only has he won the World Series of Poker six times, and two World Poker Tour championship titles, but – according to Global Poker Index – he is also the best poker player of the last decade. The Canadian star is on top of the Poker world, but here are a few things away from his skills at the poker table that you may not already know.

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#1 Negreanu is of Romanian decent

Whilst 'Kid Poker' was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1974, his parents had actually emigrated from Romania seven years earlier. Per his blog Full Contact Poker, Negreanu says that his father's favorite place in the world was beside his pool, claiming that he spent so much time in the sun that he 'looked Indian.'

But the star poker also says that his parents earned their more relaxed lifestyle in Canada due to the hardships that they endured in Romania.

They grew up in communist Romania, and his father got his first job when he was just 4-years-old – carrying water down a hill for $1 a week – whilst his mother was in hospital, and his father (Daniel's grandfather) had already passed on. As for the 'Kid Poker's' mother, she was the youngest of ten children, in a family that lived in a house smaller than a typical kitchen. She would have to steal eggs from the neighbours as a source of food.

#2 Negreanu's father killed a Nazi

In his own blog on FCP Daniel Negreanu told of how rough his parents had it as kids in 1930's Romania, which included encounters with Nazis. The poker champion tells of how, when his father was just 6-years-old, a drunken Nazi soldier held a gun in his father's mouth when he was 'having some fun' with the youngster.

His father saw the whisky bottle in the Nazi's hand so, with the gun still in his mouth, the six-year-old smashed the bottle and drove it into the drunken Nazi's throat. He then bolted, and doesn't know if the Nazi survived.

#3 Negreanu was chewed up and spat out by Las Vegas

That's right, the greatest poker player of the last decade actually failed in his first attempt to conquer the Las Vegas strip.

After dropping out of education at the end of high school, due to not earning enough credits to graduate, Daniel Negreanu started as a rounder, playing at his local casinos, whilst looking for illegal games to participate in around Toronto – according to Poker Listings.

Once he had built up his fund, Negreanu, aged 22, hit The Strip, aiming to commence his career as a professional poker player. He played all the casinos but was ultimately sent back to Toronto with his tail between his legs, and with an empty bank account. So he moved back to Toronto to rebuild his bankroll.

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#4 Negreanu is a Philanthro-maniac

The star poker player, with all his millions of dollars in winnings, is a well known charity man, with many organizations and events to his name.

Alongside his regular attendance to charity events – such as the Darfur crisis charity Ante Up for Africa – Negreanu is also the founder of his own money raising events.

The Big Swing is an annual charity golf event, founded by 'Big Poker', in which poker players and celebrities team up for a doubles golf tournament. All participants donate $3,000 to the Lili Claire Foundation – a Las Vegas based charity that helps the families of children who are born with special needs, and the children themselves – with the event taking place at the Harrah's Rio Golf Club.

#5 Negreanu has two protégés

Using his website Full Contact Poker, Daniel Negreanu launched the search for his first protégé, in 2006. The search involved an online poker competition, in which he would select a player whom he would attempt to forge into a world-class live tournament poker player. The prize also included Negreanu footing the bill for four events that required a $10,000 buy-in.

The tournament received hundreds of bidding poker stars, but in the end the winner of the first competition was Brian Fidler. Fidler found success in the same year of winning Negreanu's protégé search, by coming second in the World Series of Poker circuit event, amongst a set of 110 players. Fidler took home $206,800 from that event.

'Kid Poker' found another protégé at the end of 2006, once again via Full Contact Poker, with Anthony Mak being taken under the world-star's wing. Card Player records Mak's most recent, and highest earning, win coming in April, 2012, where he raked in £18,900 in Jacksonville.

#6 Negreanu was Player of the Year without a first place finish

Given the record of the world class poker star, and the fact that he's rated as the greatest player of the last decade, that fact that he has only been awarded Poker Player of the Year just once is quite peculiar.

The award is given out by ALL IN Magazine, with Daniel Negreanu being deemed worthy of the award in 2013. To earn the award and title of Poker Player of the Year, the Toronto native pulled in $1,837,344 in cash from 16 different events, in which he failed to win any.

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His highest finishes came in Event24 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Eight Max in Monte Carlo on May 1st, where he placed second and cashed $791,649; and SCOOP-06-H: $1050 No-Limit Hold'em Draw on May 8th, where he also placed second but pulled in $15,330.

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#7 Negreanu loves Warcraft

But not the World of Warcraft computer game that last recorded having about 5.5 million subscribers. No, Daniel Negreanu instead fills his Warcraft cravings on the Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft app. According to Forbes, the poker hero started playing in 2015 and began to stream his play on Twitch, whilst playing poker.

At BlizzCon 2015, in Anaheim – a convention hosted developers Blizzard to showcase their games and host tournaments – Daniel Negreanu played in a show match, for the Hearthstone World Championship, against Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospeillier – who's a fellow World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour champion.

The poker star match-up ended with Negreanu beating Grospeillier on Hearthstone by 3-1.

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