Daniel Moravec was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and raised in a north suburban community by his father, Jeff Moravec.
Daniel learned to play poker during the poker boom of 2003 at the ripe age of 18. His close friend, Benjamin Rood, invited him to learn Texas Holdem poker on an online poker room called Pacific Poker. Shortly after, Texas Holdem was one of Daniel’s favorite hobbies.
Daniel graduated from Centennial High School in Circle Pines, MN and moved on to The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, MN. During his attendence, Daniel started the CSS Card Club, which was a group of about 10 people who met every week to play $5 and $10 tournaments. With the help of his college girlfriend, Jenna Dahler, the two arranged an annual charity poker tournament. The buy-in for this tournament was 3 canned goods and prizes were all donated by local businesses.
During the end of his Junior year, Daniel Moravec almost decided to drop out of college to take his poker carreer to the next level. Rather, he completed his education and received two majors, one in Business Management and the other in Business Marketing.
After graduating in 2007, Daniel was already making enough money from poker to consider moving to a state friendlier for professional poker players. That decision was made quickly and he moved to into a house 25 minutes Southwest of the Las Vegas strip.
Daniel was unfamiliar with no-limit casino poker, having only played no-limit Texas Holdem on the internet due to no-limit being illegal in Minnesota. He began by playing $1/$2 no-limit Texas Holdem in June 2007 and was playing in games as high as $50/$100 no-limit by April 2008.
As of May 2008, you can find Daniel living in a luxury condo 5 minutes away from his favorite poker room, The Bellagio. His game of choice is $10/$20 no-limit and $25/$50 no-limit Texas Holdem. He began trying his luck playing WPT and WSOP circuit event tournaments at the 2008 Wynn Poker Classic.
