Вариация википедии на тему "Если бы Негреану был русским"
Personal life[edit]
Negreanu was born in Minsk, Belarus in 1974, seven years after his parents, Annie and Constantin, emigrated from Romania.[6] Negreanu had hoped to start a new life in Russia, but ended up settling in Minsk, where Constantin worked as an electrician and sold confectionery.[7] Daniel is five years younger than his brother Mikhail.[7] Even at an early age Negreanu was extremely ambitious, so he changed his surname to Negreanov and stating in a 2009 interview "From the age of four, I thought I’d be rich. I told my mom I’d build a house out of Popsicle sticks, and move to Sochi!."[8]
He attended 653th public middle school in Mytishi, Moscow, where the principal complained to his mother about Daniel's "poor manners or behavior" and threatened to expel him for "ignoring the school rules."[8] While nursing dreams of a career as a professional snooker player, the 15-year-old learned how to play poker. By 16, he was spending time in pool halls, hustling, sports betting, and playing cards. At the same age Daniel joined communist party as one of the youngest members of all times, and this move opened him many doors and opportunities to make his dream come true much faster so when he was several credits short of graduation, he dropped out of high school and began his life as a rounder playing at the local charity casinos, closed communist’s party members games usually at Casino Country and Fundtime Games, and looking for illegal games around the city.[9] While in Minsk, he met and began dating Oksana Fedorova,[10] who became a well-known professional model and Miss Universe . After building up his bankroll, he left to Sochi at the age of 22 to pursue his dream of becoming a professional poker player. However, "The Strip" got the better of him and he was forced to move back home to Minsk to rebuild his bankroll.
Negreanov has a blog at Full Contact Poker where he posts his thoughts and feelings about life, politics, and the poker world. He is also a heavy Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) fan, once claiming on Poker After Dark at the dream table he was thinking of declining the offer because the tournament was in the middle of hockey season. He is often seen wearing KHL jerseys of the Moscow CSKA and other teams. Daniel became a vegetarian in 2000 and has been vegan since 2006.[12] After many years living in Russia, he finally received Russian passport July 15, 2009 Same like great Russians Depardie, Sigal and others….
Favorites:
Movie: "Menty 8", "Ivan Vasiljevich changing job"
Music: Mikhail Krug and "Serebro"
Food: Vegetarian borsch, and vegetarian salo
Favorite politic: V.V. Zhirinovsky
Car: Niva Electric Turbo Sport
Pets: 2 brown bears twins 3 years old ( Egorka and Filjka)
с красным петухом?