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Player Profile: Daniel Negreanu

Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu

Daniel Negreanu is a six-time WSOP bracelet winner and two-time WPT Champion. The 46-year-old was born in Toronto, Canada after his parents emigrated from Romania.

He started playing poker aged 21 before becoming the youngest WSOP champion ever after winning the $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em event at the 1998 WSOP. In 2004 he was named WSOP Player of the Year after taking home another bracelet.


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In 2019, Negreanu married former PokerNews host Amanda Leatherman in California.

Negreanu was previously a PokerStars ambassador until he left the site in an "amicable split" in 2019, and now represents GGPoker.