Daniel Alaei Poker Player Profile

Daniel Alaei, Poker Player, Top Poker Player

Poker Pro Daniel Alaei

He outlasted three hundred twenty eight other poker players in one of the popular poker tournaments in the world, World Poker Tour (WPT) in the Doyle Brunson Classic Championship event earlier this evening taking home worth $1,428,430 and an entry into the $25k WPT Championship plus a Rolex watch.

Well known for his appearances on a popular television show which features cash game action, this includes the first three (3) seasons. Probably most of you is familiar with “High Stakes Poker”. Daniel Alaei is a poker pro from Santa Fe Springs in California. With his cool looks by the help of his shades and earphone, this poker player will surely give you the A-game you are looking for.

Daniel Alaei Playing Poker

A professional poker player, Daniel Alaei is originally from Santa Fe Springs, California but now currently resides in Las Vegas. In 2006, He won his first World Series Of Poker (WSOP) bracelet. Before winning coveted poker bracelets and taking home countless of pots in poker tournaments, Daniel Alaei was a used sports car dealer, he would travel to shows to buy sports car and re-sell them. He was interested in the game of Poker ever since he was just 15 years old.

The Rise of His Poker Career

Daniel Alaei now has about $4.9 million dollars in total lifetime tournament cashes. He also managed to win both a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet and World Poker Tour (WPT) title in the same year. Daniel Alaei had to battle through a very stacked final table that included some of the best poker players like Josh Arieh, Faraz Jaka and Scotty Nguyen.

Alaei's Favorite Casino Games

In a lot of interviews Daniel Alaei states that his favorite casino games are No Limit Texas Holdem Poker and Pot Limit Texas Hold’em Poker. No wonder he is good at playing those poker variants. Of course, he did have the advantage of living in close proximity to the casinos that sure did help in making him the good player he is today.

Professional Poker Player Daniel Alaei

From his long break, Daniel Alaei came second in the 2010 L.A. Poker Classic High Roller Event last February 28, 2010 with a buy-in of $24,000 and with a huge prize pool worth $1,012,700. Alaei won $222,790 after Scott Seiver beat him. So far his biggest live cashes winnings is on the 2009 Five Diamond Poker Classic in the WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Championship event. Some of his poker aliases that he use in online poker rooms are FakeSky in FullTilt Poker and steamraise in PokerStars.