1 spot on the most respected current-day ranking, the Global Poker Index, as another confirmation of the extraordinary level of his play and the longevity of his career. Up until a few weeks ago, Negreanu spent 19 weeks in the No. In 2004, Negreanu won both the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Player of the Year titles, only to achieve the former again in 2013. Negreanu still holds the record for most successful year of any tournament poker player when he, in 2004, won $4.4 million in live tournaments including two seven-figure World Poker Tour victories, his third WSOP bracelet, two more WPT final tables and four more at the WSOP.

While non-WSOP Main Event victories are easily forgotten, Negreanu has an entire year to look back on, which is a lot more impressive than winning a one-off event. The current WSOP Main Event champion, Ryan Riess, was still in third grade when the Canadian turned Las Vegas resident won his first bracelet. When Chris Moneymaker made his run during the 2003 World Series of Poker, Negreanu was already a regular in the $4,000/$8,000 mixed games. Born and raised in Toronto, Canada to Romanian immigrants, Daniel Negreanu is the biggest star in the game of poker.

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