1. Daniel Negreanu Poker Winnings
2. Daniel Negreanu Poker Winnings

Poker Hall of Famer Daniel Negreanu was born on July 26, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario in Canada. His parents were of Romanian origin and hoped to migrate to a better life in the United States but ended up in Canada.

He dropped out of high school, one credit short of graduation, to pursue a career playing poker. His first gamble paid off as he has become one of the most successful poker players of all-time. Negreanu has won six World Stars of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour championships. As of 2018, he is the 2nd most winningest player in Live Tournament Poker with an estimated earnings of $39.5M. Negreanu was WSOP Player of the Year in 2004 and 2013, making him the only player to win the accolade twice and in different decades. He is also the first player to make the final table in all of the WSOP’s bracelet winning locations: Las Vegas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

A Very Colorful Lovelife

Daniel Negreanu: Player Profile. Daniel Negreanu is a Canadian who has been known as a well-decorated professional poker player.While he initially had dreams of becoming a professional snooker player, Negreanu still found success on at a different kind of table – the poker table. Daniel Negreanu is one of the most accomplished poker players in history – with an enviable poker resume spanning decades. He plays all the games (not just Hold’em!) at the very top level and stakes, and has the results and work ethic to be regarded as one of the top poker minds and players on earth.

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As colorful as his poker career is his lovelife as Negreanu has been involved with several women in his life. At the age of 16, he dated poker player Evelyn Ng. He married Lori Lin Weber in 2005 but they divorced two years later. Since his divorce, Negreanu has been involved with several women poker players and celebrities.

She was rumored to be dating American actress Shannon Elizabeth whom he tutored in playing poker. He was also hooked with actress and PokerStars TV host Amanda Leatherman. After Leatherman, he was linked to Hungarian model Krisztina Polgar, who was Miss Earth Hungary in 2008.

In 2013, his lovelife became more public when he appeared in the season 6 premier of Bravo TV’s reality dating show Millionaire Matchmaker. In the show, he was paired with a woman named Lindsay Blalock. Most recently, he was dating Marissa Rodney Rachelle, a hairstylist from Las Vegas. Last June, during the 2018 WSOP, he admitted in his Vlog #25 that he is no longer in a relationship with Marissa Rachelle. Who he’s dating now is another story. For now, let’s go to the topic at hand which is Daniel Negreanu’s net worth.

Career Earnings

Daniel Negreanu is ranked 1st by Cardschat.com at the top Poker Players as of 2018 with total earnings of $34,151, 327. Negreanu has six different cashes for $1M or more with his three biggest winnings listed below:

● July 1, 2014 – WSOP – Las Vegas$1 Million No-Limit Hold'em - Big One for One Drop Prize Money: $8,288,001
● December 18, 2004 – WPT – Las Vegas No Limit Hold'em
Prize Money: $1,770,218
● February 9, 2014 - Aussie Millions - Melbourne$250,000 No Limit Hold'em
Prize Money: $1,119,610

According to Pokerdb, Negreanu ranks 2nd in the All-time money list with $39,830,195. The Canadian is also ranked #3 in the WSOP’s all-time money list with $16,364,794, the highest ranked international poker player on the list. Likewise, Negreanu ranks 2nd in the WPT all-time money list with his $5,767,453 in total winnings. He is also 26th in the EPT’s all-time money list with $3,799,814 earned and is currently 365th in the 2018 WSOP money list with $110,103 in current year winnings.

During the 49th annual World Series of Poker this year, Negreanu won in five events. He earned $4,743 in the Event #72: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed, $13,565 in the Event #69: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed, $14,739 in the Event #64: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship, $17,268 in the Event #53: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better and $59,788 in the Event #22: $1,500 Eight Game Mix.

Daniel Negreanu Poker Winnings

Daniel Negreanu was the youngest bracelet winner in the history of the WSOP before Scott Fischman broke it in 2004. His first cash at the WSOP in 1998 was also his first bracelet. He won five more bracelets after that initial triumph and his six bracelets are summarized below:

Daniel Negreanu Poker Winnings