Shortly later, he was going to pool halls to make money playing poker.
At age 15, Negreanu considered a career as a professional snooker player, but also learned how to play poker. His parents left Romania in 1967 and came to the United States to look to start a new life, but ended up settling in in Toronto instead. He is considered one of the best poker players in the world. Born on Jin Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Daniel Negreanu is a Canadian professional poker player who has won multiple World Series of Poker bracelets and multiple World Poker Tour Championship titles.