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Originally Posted by Fagx
Considering Ivey was making over 10 million on Full Tilt. I would imagine Negraneu was making close to that. Whether it was 5 or 10 million a year it still puts his net worth (after taxes) over 20 million just on sponsorship deals. Another 2.5 to 20 million in poker earnings after taxes. He probably doesn't have a 100 million, but a **** load more than what I got.
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Originally Posted by Lestat
What about his endorsement deals?
A lot of people don't get that navigating your way towards a healthy bankroll and net worth, becomes a lot easier when you have steady 2nd and 3rd income streams.
Ivey had a 1 of a kind deal. You could actually go on Full Tilt and sit at a table with him because he played cash and I think this is what attracted a lot of HS games to run on Full Tilt. It's different to "play with Negreanu" on Stars since you will be playing with 1000's of others in MTT's. Negreanu could play cash (he did before BF), but he lost around 400k over 25k hands so he probably just has no desire to lose more. I'd say he's a big lifetime loser in live cash games too since he doesn't play them and is pretty much known as a cash fish.
It would be interesting to know what his Stars deal is, but i'd bet it's something like some cash and heavily discounted buy-ins or little cash and free buy-ins/travel. If you combine the aussie millions and one drop tournaments this year alone, his buy-ins were close to $2,000,000. I don't think Stars give him an endless supply of buy-ins/rebuys. You have to consider he has an agent who takes his % and who knows, maybe Stars even gets a % of his tourney winnings. You can't just add up his lifetime tourney cashes, subtract taxes and say that's what he has in the bank. He surely was paying for his own travel/expenses back in the day and was probably staked in a lot of tournaments, especially back when he won player of the year in 04 before he was with Stars. I believe he said he was partially staked in the OneDrop this year too.
He doesn't own any property either, which would be pretty strange for someone supposedly worth tens of millions.
He's an article from Pokerking.com
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Q: What is Daniel Negreanu's Net Worth?
A: Daniel Negreanu is one of the most recognizable and likeable names in the poker world. Since the "poker boom" started in 2003, Negreanu has more or less kept his image squeaky clean, and he has been able to parlay this image into a lucrative sponsorship deal with Pokerstars.
The bulk of Negreanu's earnings and net worth come from two things - his sponsorship deal with Pokerstars and his poker earnings. Negreanu also has other ventures (including PokerVT.com), but it's safe to say that the majority of his money comes from his Pokerstars deal and the money that he earns on the tournament circuit.
Daniel Negreanu at the poker table wearing a checkered hatPokerstars and Daniel Negreanu inked a sponsorship deal back in 2007, and the deal has been renewed at least once since then. At the time, Daniel Negreanu was a hot free agent who was also being pursued by Full Tilt Poker (Howard Lederer said that Negreanu and Doyle Brunson were the only two players that he was really interested in signing at the time). Luckily for Negreanu, he ended up with Pokerstars for what was certainly a big pile of money and other perks.
It's safe to say that Daniel Negreanu has the most lucrative poker sponsorship deal of any player in the world today. I have heard rumors that Negreanu is compensated between $2 million and $4 million per year by Pokerstars. Given his popularity and name recognition, I would not be surprised if the value of his deal was in the low to mid seven figures per year. Daniel Negreanu is the focal point of Pokerstars' marketing efforts, and there is no doubt that he is being compensated handsomely for it.
In addition to his Pokerstars deal, Negreanu also does very well for himself on the tournament circuit. Daniel Negreanu has total lifetime tournament earnings of over $18 million, and is currently in the midst of a three year string of years where he has cashed for at least a million dollars.
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Daniel Negreanu used to be a regular in the "Big Game" in Las Vegas, but has seemingly pulled back on playing in cash games in recent years.
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Given all of the information posted above, I would put Daniel Negreanu's net worth at around $10 million.
I'd say that's a good estimate, so $1M would be a lot of money if he were to play this "challenge" and lose. There's also no guarantee his Stars deal will continue forever. Stars seems to be trying to attract more sports figures with sponsorship deals so with Negreanu not playing cash games anymore, if he were to have a few bad years in live tournaments, his Stars contract may either not be renewed or be a lot less favorable than it is now.
