One of the best known Poker pros in the (online) poker so is Daniel Negreanu. The Canadian player with Romanian roots has been around since the poker hype at the beginning of the 21 e he is a well-known face in the poker world. In 2023, this beloved poker player is still relevant and successful. For example, last Monday the player managed to win the PokerGO Cup in Las vegas for a nice amount of $350,000. This brought the total of live cashes to over $45,500,000.
For 12 years, Negreanu was the face of Pokerstars, which for many years was the largest and most leading poker platform in the world. However, in 2019, this long-standing partnership came to an end when Negreanu played at the WSOP without the well-known Pokerstars Patches on his clothes. Since then, rumors flared up that Negreanu would be away from Pokerstars. These rumors turned out to be true, the cooperation between the player and the platform came to an end. However, it was not long before the poker player signed a new collaboration. Namely, with the online casino games GGPoker, who had very big ambitions to compete with the giant in the poker industry called Pokerstars.
Since the arrival of Negreanu has GGPoker it took off and became a worthy competitor to Pokerstars. An important part of this success is getting into the WSOP. The most important poker series in the world is hosted in Las Vegas every year. However, due to the corona pandemic, no physical series could be organized in 2020. GGPoker partnered with WSOP to host the series online on the GGPoker platform. What a huge boost for the company. The company itself indicates that Negreanu's fame and contacts helped bring in the most important poker series.
In addition, Negreanu is a real ambassador for the entire poker sport. GGPoker'S PR manager explains: “Daniel really cares about the game, the players and growing poker to reach more people; he is behind our introduction of GGGare and GGCheers, which brings even more rewards to average players.”
"I think the reason GG grew was first and foremost the product itself,” says Negreanu. “The software is the best poker software ever created. It's a really fun experience that I think was missing to some extent before GG brought it to market.”
