Tag: Daniel Negreanu

  • Daniel Negreanu pissed that Rafael Nadal won

    A little over a week ago, Rafael Nadal won his first live poker tournament at the EPT Prague celebrity event. Not only did Nadal generate €50,000 for charity with this victory, but he also gained a little respect from the poker community…that is, unless you’re talking about Daniel Negreanu. According to TMZ, Negreanu merely thinks…

  • Rafael Nadal wins EPT Prague Celebrity Tournament

    Rafael Nadal might want to consider playing more live poker tournaments in the future. After all, the world’s number one tennis player won the EPT Prague celebrity event, which is just his first ever live tourney. Rafa now gets to donate €50,000 to the charity of his choice. Despite that fact that Nadal only had…

  • Daniel Negreanu discusses WSOPE Victory, Less Traveling

    It’s been a great week for Daniel Negreanu. The long-time poker pro not only won the 2013 WSOP Europe High Roller (€725,000), but he also captured the WSOP Player of the year award too. And while Negreanu has had plenty of highlights during his career, this week might top them all. Riding the high of…

  • EPT Barcelona Players fear their Rooms and Laptops were Compromised

    Just yesterday we discussed some news from EPT Barcelona regarding how Daniel Negreanu got upset over the “first card rule.” Now a new story might even top this since it involves breached hotel rooms, compromised laptops, and a possible inside job. The reports started this morning when high stakes poker pro Jens Kyllonen discussed a…

  • Daniel Negreanu quits EPT Barcelona after Controversial Ruling

    Having been playing live poker tournaments since 1998, Daniel Negreanu knows quite a bit about how they’re run. And he certainly wasn’t happy with how the EPT Barcelona High Roller was run. In fact, KidPoker got so angry that he stormed out of the tournament after basically giving up. The controversy started when Negreanu was…

  • Jason Mercier offers 3-1 Odds on WSOP Bracelet Prop Bet

    Jason Mercier is on an incredible heater in May thanks to his performance at the 2013 EPT Grand Final. He won a €2,000 Open Face Chinese Poker tournament ($62,940), placed seventh in the EPT Grand Final Main Event ($179,642), and took second in the €98,000 Super High Roller ($1,462,964). Perhaps fueled by all of this recent…

  • Daniel Negreanu picks well on Millionaire Matchmaker

    A few weeks ago, we discussed how Daniel Negreanu was set to appear on the popular Bravo reality show “The Millionaire Matchmaker.” Well that day finally came as KidPoker sought out the advice of show host Patti Stangler in hopes of finding true love. In the video introduction that he sent to Patti, Negreanu let…

  • Daniel Negreanu appearing on Millionaire Matchmaker

    Daniel Negreanu has accomplished just about everything one could hope for in the poker world. However, the 38-year-old divorcee has yet to conquer love, and he’ll appear on Bravo’s Millionaire Matchmaker to try and find his soulmate. Negreanu’s episode is appropriately entitled “Trying to Play the Cards Right,” and it will kick off the sixth…

  • Daniel Negreanu involved in Another Controversy

    Famed poker pro Daniel Negreanu has never been one to back down from controversy. He was the most vocal pro when it came to bashing those who ran Full Tilt Poker intothe ground, and the Canadian has frequently ripped Annie Duke and her brother Howard Lederer. However, he recently found someone outside of the poker…

  • Justin Bonomo wins Monte Carlo Super High Roller and €1.64m

    Justin Bonomo captured the biggest victory of his already-illustrious poker career after winning the 2012 Monte Carlo Super High Roller along with €1,640,000 ($2,165,217). It’s also worth mentioning that this huge cash vaulted Bonomo to the top of the 2012 money list. It wasn’t easy for “ZeeJustin” to pull all of this off though since he had…