Born in Canada , Daniel Negraneu cut his poker teeth in the card room in Toronto , Ontario . It always amazes me that anyone with his kind of skill could emerge from these games, since I'm speaking from experience when I say that some of the worst poker in the free world is played in Toronto . The odds are high that Daniel could have simply made a comfortable living terrorizing the 20-40 in his home country, but he obviously had bigger ambitions. A regular on WSOP and WPT broadcasts, Daniel is one of the few players whose cash game skill and tournament skills are on par with one another.