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1. Daniel Negreanu Poker
2. David Negreanu Wikipedia
3. Daniel Negreanu Vs Doug Polk
4. Daniel Negreanu
5. David Negreanu Net Worth

Negreanu has been a vegan since 2003. Born to Romanian parents who fled to Toronto, Canada from their communist homeland in 1967, Negreanu spent his teen years hustling pool and playing poker. He dropped out of high school one credit short of graduating to pursue a career in poker. The latest tweets from @realkidpoker.

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The most high-profile sponsorship in the poker world has ended.

Daniel Negreanu will no longer sport the red spade, representing PokerStars everywhere he goes. He and the world's leading online poker provider have come to an agreement on what 'Kid Poker' called an 'amicable split.'

Negreanu had been the most visible member of PokerStars Team Pro since 2007, which he called 'an incredible run.'

'It was a great run but we're no longer gonna be an ambassador for the company,' he said in an online announcement. 'I worked with so many great people, some really good people at PokerStars. I've had the opportunity to travel the world, play in Barcelona, Monte Carlo, PCA which were three of my favorite stops. I wish everyone the best.'

'I worked with so many great people, some really good people at PokerStars.”

Rebecca McAdam Willets, PokerStars associate director, group public relations extended the company's well wishes, in turn.

'Daniel has been one of the most influential faces of poker and indeed PokerStars for 12 years, and it has been wonderful to have his passion, support and insights throughout our relationship,' she said to PokerNews. 'We wish Daniel the very best for the future, as well as wedded bliss and tons of run good this summer.'

Negreanu's Long History With PokerStars

Originally, Negreanu played a major role in funding and building his own poker site, Full Contact Poker.

However, in June 2007, Negreanu reached an agreement with PokerStars to join their ambassador team alongside notable former World Series of Poker Main Event champs Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer and Joe Hachem. Full Contact Poker was migrated into PokerStars and the site reverted to simply being host to Negreanu's blog, forums, podcasts and other media.

Negreanu became a regular face on PokerStars' European Poker Tour and other international events. While he never managed to win a prestigious EPT title, he did make a few final tables, finishing fourth at EPT Grand Final in 2013 for €321,000, and cashed in a few $100K events at PCA and other stops.

While other stars from the early 2000s such as Hachem and Barry Greenstein faded from the spotlight and had their sponsorships lapse, Negreanu continued to carry the flag and remained one of the game's brightest stars. His profile only rose over the years as he became poker's all-time tournament money leader — since surpassed by Justin Bonomo — and evolved his game to continue to succeed against the new generation of crushers.

Recent Troubles

In recent years, Negreanu has been a lightning rod for criticism out of some corners as both he and PokerStars took some stances that proved unpopular with sectors of the poker community.

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When PokerStars controversially cut high-volume rewards and hiked the rake across a number of games, Negreanu rationalized the changes, to the consternation of countless pros who hoped he would fight for their cause. In the process, he became a favorite punching bag of popular content creators like Doug Polk and Joey Ingram, who made a running gag out of Negreanu's defenses for the rake increase.

Then, some of his posted opinions ran afoul of popular 'The Chip Race' podcast hosts DK Lappin and Dara O'Kearney, who went after Negreanu on their blogs, resulting in a back-and-forth spat.

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That one turned nasty, as did a heated exchange with Shaun Deeb in early May that saw both parties throwing insults and discussing a bizarre bet on which man would stay married longer.

Leaving on a High Note

Through it all, Negreanu remained and still does remain one of the most, if not the most, popular poker player in the world. He hopes fans will get to see him in a slightly different light now, and people around the industry will understand that the opinions he's voiced over the years don't necessarily come from on high from his sponsor.

'In a lot of ways, it's somewhat freeing,' he said in a video blog. 'For years, when I make a statement about poker, people say, 'You're just saying that because you're being paid to say that.' Which I know is not true — I could pass 1,000 lie detectors to prove that — but what's great about the situation now is I can go back to essentially making comments and statements about the poker community that I guess would have more credibility because of that.

'In a lot of ways, it's somewhat freeing.'

'I've had the luxury over the last 20 years of being on the inside when it comes to the business side of poker, the professional side of poker. I know what poker players are missing. I know what some of the people in business miss about what it's like to be a professional poker player. I'll still fairly discuss any issues, positive and negative, with them, with partypoker, with WSOP.'

Freshly married, Negreanu also said some things that evoked Jason Mercier's 2018 exit. He hopes to start a family in the coming years and said the split with PokerStars is just part of his 'life taking on a new direction.'

'I'm super excited about the future with my new woman,' he said.

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Sometimes the rich and famous are just like the rest of us. And this weekend, it was Poker Hall of Famer Daniel Negreanu to whom we could all relate. During the 2020 World Series of Poker online, in the middle of a live stream, Negreanu’s connection to the WSOP.com went down multiple times on Friday, much to the entertainment of his viewing audience.

Credit goes to David Lappin, who recorded Negreanu’s troubles and posted them on Twitter for all to see. The first video shows Negreanu getting ready to act in early position in the $600 No-Limit MonsterStack event, only to be faced with the spinning circle that indicates the client is trying to connect.

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He immediately let loose the expletives and is doing all he can not to launch his chair, table, and laptop into oblivion. It honestly took me aback, as I’m not used to Negreanu looking like he is about to transition into Mike Matusow like Bruce Banner changes into the Hulk when he gets angry.

Lamenting the WSOP.com, software, Negreanu was officially disconnected from the tournament, forced to sit out. Continuing to swear, he twice had to apologize to his dogs, who were apparently frightened off-screen. I can’t lie – that was pretty funny.

Negreanu became even more incensed a short time later when he raised and was called by the big blind, only to have it freeze up again. His hand was eventually folded.

The issue did not seem to be with Negreanu’s internet connection, as his stream was working just fine. After all, we could see and hear him dropping f-bombs all over the place.

What makes this even more entertaining is that Negreanu is a spokesperson for GGPoker, the site that his hosting the 2020 WSOP Online for international players starting this coming weekend. While he is not associated with WSOP.com specifically, he has strong ties to the Series. Even the connected are not immune.

And don’t we all know what it’s like? I am heavily considering shelling out a few hundred bucks for a new wifi router and cable modem because my household has been having internet issues lately. Yes, I’ve tried diagnosing the exact problem, but it’s really hard to pinpoint the exact issue (it could be Xfinity). But with me working from home, my wife about to start a new job working from home at least through this year, and my kids possibly schooling from home, I figured I might as well just upgrade everything.

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I could only imagine if I was trying to trying to play in the World Series of Poker and I had to reboot the modem for the 100th damn time.

Daniel Negreanu did not cash in the tournament, if that wasn’t obvious.