Nenad Medic

Name: Nenad Medic
Current Residence: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Birth Date: 1982
Birth Place: Apatin, Serbia

Daniel Negreanu may soon have a new rival for most popular Canadian poker player as Nenad Medic's star continues to rise on the poker scene.

Born in Apatin, Serbia (formerly Yugoslavia), in 1982, Medic moved to Canada with his parents when he was five and has since become a Canadian citizen.

Initially, young Medic had aspirations to become a professional basketball player. He was an avid New Orleans Hornets fan and hoped to someday be a... Read more >>

Trivia

First WSOP bracelet winner of 2008
Won the WPT World Poker Finals in 2006
Mike Sexton called him "one of the toughest No-Limit Hold'em players" he'd ever seen.

Recent Tournament Placings

Tournament	Place	Winnings
WPT Season 7, Festa al Lago	4th	$373,010
2008 WSOP, Event 5, No-Limit Hold'em w/re-buys	24th	$16,496
2008 WSOP, Event 1, World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em	1st	$794,112
2007 WSOPC, Caesars Palace Las Vegas	16th	$12,082
WPT Season 6, Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic	75th	$28,905
WPT Season 6, World Poker Finals	3rd	$486,367
WPT Season 6, Bellagio Cup III	44th	$20,655
2007 WSOP, Event 7, Pot-Limit Omaha w/re-buys	17th	$30,235
WPT Season 5, Bay 101 Shooting Star	17th	$55,000
WPT Season 5, World Poker Finals	1st	$1,717,194
2005 WSOP, Event 31, $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em, Short-Handed...	31st	$7,780
2005 WSOP, Event 24, $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em	62nd	$4,860