Danny Smith is a professional poker player. He was born in 1984, in Sacremento and is now settled in Folsom, CA, United States.
He studied accounting at college and had many hobbies like playing baseball and sports betting.
According to his own words, Danny Smith has played cards ever since his early childhood, when he played against his very competitive aunts and grandmother.
Later, when his interest in poker grew stronger, he started playing online games and that’s when he really learned the tricks and moves he later used to win.
Not long after that, Danny Smith started participating in live tournaments and showed some quite impressive skills.
His first big achievment was in Season 4 of the World Poker Tour, when he made the final table at the Bay 101 Shooting Star. He then finished 3rd and earned the prize of $340,000.
After that event, he made it to the final table several times and most of those times was pretty close to winning a bracelet.
Danny Smith is a very youn player, but he is already making his mark at major tournaments.
In his short professional experience he has 20 cashes and a total of final winnings that exceeds $800,000.