By Brad "Otis" Willis

This morning, PokerStars announced the arrival of poker legend Daniel Negreanu as the latest addition to Team PokerStars.

Negreanu is widely accepted as one of poker’s true legends. His ability to read players, spot the best action and mentor fresh talent – in addition to his ‘nice guy’ table image – have made him a household name, both in poker circles and beyond.


Barry Greenstein welcomes Daniel to Team PokerStars

The Toronto, Canada, native left college at age 21 to move to Las Vegas and pursue his dream of becoming a pro – a dream that many PokerStars players will share. His breakthrough moment came at the 1997 World Poker Finals at Foxwoods, Connecticut, where he took down two first place finishes.

Since then he has added three World Series of Poker bracelets to his trophy haul and, until 2004, he was the youngest WSOP bracelet winner of all time, earning him the moniker ‘Kid Poker’. Negreanu then went on to secure two World Poker Tour titles and more than 36 victories and a further 11 final table appearances in tournaments across the globe.


Humberto Brenes welcomes Daniel to Team PokerStars

He was named the World Series of Poker “Player of the Year” in 2004 and "Favorite Poker Player" by CardPlayer Magazine in February 2006. As of January 2007, his total live tournament winnings exceed $9,660,000. He is the all-time leading money winner on the WPT circuit.

Negreanu has written over 100 articles for CardPlayer Magazine and contributed to Doyle Brunson's Super System II. He has tutored on the web as part of Poker School Online and also personally given lessons to celebrities like Tobey Maguire.


Daniel checks out his new duds

In addition, Negreanu assembled a team of "Superstar Contributors" to write a book called "Daniel Negreanu's Power Hold'em Strategy." He regularly plays against these contributors in televised tournaments and high stakes games including Late Night Poker, Poker After Dark, High Stakes Poker, Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament and Ultimate Poker Challenge (as a commentator and stand-in host).