Daniel Negreanu is undoubtedly one of the top professional poker players in the world. As a Team PokerStars Pro and great ambassador to the game, Negreanu has accomplished more than most people can dream during his long poker career. Negreanu burst onto the tournament scene in 1997 with three wins, including two events at the World Poker Finals at Foxwoods, earning $55,054. There he was named the tournament's best all-around player. Since then, he has added 30 wins to his list of accomplishments, or 35 if you include celebrity events,...more
Latest Post
More Posts
As the Stars Tweet: Daniel Negreanu's WSOP APAC Win
After five long years, Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu finally won his fifth World Series of Poker gold bracelet, joining the likes of Stu Ungar, Scotty Nguyen and Berry Johnston on the all-time list. Negreanu's latest win came in the inaugural WSOP Asia Pacific A$10,000 Main Event, where he overcame...more
Daniel Negreanu wins WSOP APAC, $1m and bracelet number five
Daniel Negreanu today won the WSOP APAC Main Event for A$1,038,825 collecting his fifth WSOP bracelet in a dominating final table performance. The Team PokerStars Pro never looked out of his comfort zone and held a significant chip lead from pillar to post. "Number five," said Negreanu when handed the...more
More awards for PokerStars
We're a humble and modest bunch. But, heck, everyone loves to get awards. Even us. So it was with good cheer that we received news of the 2013 BLUFF Reader's Choice Awards, littered as they are with PokerStars back-slaps. What makes this so gratifying is that 10,000 poker fans had...more
PokerStars Strategy: Negreanu, Nanonoko, Veldhuis, Hellmuth and Laak open up
Have you ever watched one of those big televised hands and wondered what was going through the player's head? We had, so on The Big Game we made sure to ask. It's all well and good watching Phil Laak pull some crazy move or seeing Daniel Negreanu try to chirrup...more
What poker was like before the internet boom
Today's poker world looks much different than the one I entered in the late 90s before online poker existed. Back then I was one of a handful of young players playing the game. In fact, I remember watching an old WSOP video from the late 70s where they referred to...more
Guess the next member of Team PokerStars Online, win cash (Updated!)
The Team PokerStars Online family is about to grow, but--at least for right now--we're not going to tell you who's coming to dinner. It's up to you to guess, and if you do, you could win a little bankroll of your own. Here's how it works. If you can guess...more
Ballin' at the WSOP: Daniel Negreanu's trailer
reported with Elaine Chaivarlis The World Series of Poker can be a grind - seven weeks of poker in the desert can wear on a person's soul - but there are ways to make it a little less taxing. One of the more popular ways is renting a trailer. If...more
WSOP 2012: Negreanu gets final table seat
Daniel Negreanu has four World Series of Poker bracelets. He had four bracelets last year, too. And the year before that. And before that, and so on back to 2008 when he won that fourth bracelet playing a limit hold'em event. He's since come close to the fifth. Tantalizingly close,...more
Limit Hold'em Challenge: rUaBot runs good, takes $75K in 937 hands to defeat Negreanu
Following the successful and exciting SuperStar Showdowns on PokerStars, the first ever PokerStars Limit Hold'em Challenge was contested on Saturday afternoon between one of the poker world's best-known players and a relative unknown... at least for the time being. On one side of the table was a player in little...more
Negreanu to face rUaBot in first PokerStars Limit Hold'em Challenge
Start stacking your bets in easy-to grab piles, because PokerStars has just announced a brand new big show for the weekend: the PokerStars Limit Hold'em Challenge. You read it right. Limit Hold'em. "People still play Limit Hold'em?" you say. Indeed they do, and for big stakes. How big? Daniel Negreanu-Big....more
SuperStar Showdown: A resurgent Negreanu breaks Blom's streak, banks $26,500
Just call him KidComeback. Last week's SuperStar Showdown was nothing less than a disaster for Daniel Negreanu. A terrible run in all-in pots ended with all $150,000 of his challenge bankroll in Viktor "Isildur1" Blom's pockets after only 1,439 hands. What was supposed to be a two-part, 5,000-hand challenge...more
Confirmed: Negreanu vs Isildur1 re-match is on
It's getting a little late here at PokerStars Blog HQ, but this is news that shouldn't have to wait for morning. We've just received word from Daniel Negreanu that he is 100% up for a SuperStar Showdown re-match with Viktor "Isildur1" Blom this coming Sunday. As you might have seen,...more
SuperStar Showdown: Isildur1 vs KidPoker to be a reality
They've been dropping hints for a while. They've whipped the playful banter into a meringue. They've flirted with the idea for so long, people are starting to sing that "Viktor and Daniel sitting in a tree" song. It's time to--if you will--get it on. In news breaking this very moment,...more
Team Pros invade PokerStars Home Games
Play With the Pros! Oh, it sounds good, doesn't it? It's something quite special to tell your home game buddies, "We're going to fill that empty seat tonight. Some guy named Danny Negreanu is coming over." After all, who wouldn't want a chance to take on one of the best?...more
PokerStars opens Daniel's Room
Daniel Negreanu has called many places home. He set up shop in the Canadian pool halls in his youth. Then we saw him spend a lot of time at Bellagio. He called The Venetian home for a bit before signing on fulltime with PokerStars. Now, he's such a fixture around...more
Playing a round with Daniel Negreanu
The PCA was not just about poker. There was plenty of other stuff going on, including a golf match between Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu and some lucky freeroll qualifiers. One of them, Michael Jensen, tells the story here... by Michael Jensen I'm the type of golfer that'll drive the...more
Team PokerStars Pros up for Poker Hall of Fame
The poker world is set to bestow one of its highest honors to a veteran of the game, and three members of Team PokerStars Pro have been nominated for the spot. Members of the Poker Hall of Fame voting committee are preparing to decide which of the nine nominees should...more
Daniel Negreanu's $10 Challenge
Daniel Negreanu is the type of guy who enjoys a challenge. Whether it's on the poker felt, the links, or at a pool table, Negreanu will battle just about anybody. Now, he's out to battle himself. Kid Poker has decided to take on a challenge that seems almost unthinkable for...more
Negreanu takes us inside BCPC victory
This past weekend, Daniel Negreanu won the BC Poker Championship for more than $370,000. Today, he sent us his thoughts on the event. He takes us through the final table and all the big hands. by Daniel Negreanu I won! It might have been a relatively inexperienced final table, but...more
Negreanu takes down British Columbia Poker Championship
Daniel Negreanu, as we all know, loves him some Canada. So, when he had the chance to go up north for the British Columbia Poker Championship, he didn't hesitate. In fact, he even agreed to do some television commentary if he busted before the final table of six players began....more


To contact the PokerStars Blog team, simply email 

