Daniel "Wildman75" Buzgon

Daniel Buzgon is a professional poker player who made his first live-event cash in 2007. In the first 4 years, Daniel cashed 26 times, made 5 final tables, cashed in 9 WSOP events, and earned over $640,000. During that time he was also a successful online poker player, earning over $2 million playing on the major online poker sites.

Daniel was born in 1984 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He started playing poker in 2003 while attending Arizona State University, where he earned a degree in Agriculture Business and Professional Golf Management. Before becoming a professional poker player, he worked at many golf courses and gave golf lessons.

Starting in 2008, Daniel played online as “WiLDmAn75,” at PokerStars where in 3 years he earned over $1 million. His biggest scores on PokerStars were a 3rd place finish for $67,547 in a Sunday Million, winning a WCOOP event for $37,777, and finishing 3rd for $44,220 in a Super Tuesday event. He also earned over $900,000 on Full Tilt Poker, with his biggest cashes being

$321,433 for 5th place in the 2011 FTOPS Main Event, finishing runner-up in another FTOPS Event for $61,538, and a runner-up finish in a Sunday Brawl for $62,900.

While living in Marlton, New Jersey, Daniel made his first live-event cash close to home, at the 2007 WSOP Circuit event in Atlantic City, where he cashed twice. First, he earned $752 for finishing 34th in the $500 NLHE, and the next day, took 24th in the same event for $936.

His next cash was at the 2008 WSOP where he cashed twice, including a 72nd place finish in the Main Event for $96,500. He also cashed in 2008 in Atlantic City at the United States Poker Championship and the WSOP Circuit at Harrah\\\\\\\’s.

In 2009, Daniel cashed 5 times. He started the year by cashing twice at the Borgata Winter Open, including 5th place in the $350 NLHE for $10,290. His other cashes were at the WSOP, the Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza, and the WSOP Circuit event at Harrah’s Atlantic City.

Daniel in 2010 cashed at the Borgata $500K Deep Stack, and then cashed 3 times at the WSOP. His best result was 15th in the $1,500 NLHE to earn $27,226.

As of November, Daniel had cashed 10 times in 2011.  In January, he cashed twice at the Borgata Winter Open, including a 16th place finish in the $3,300 NLHE Championship event for $14,250. After cashing at the WSOP Circuit event at Caesars Atlantic City, he cashed 3 times at the WSOP, including in the Main Event.

In the fall, Daniel was back at the Borgata in Atlantic City to cash 4 times, which included his 3rd place finish in the WPT $3,300 NLHE Championship Event, for which he took home $335,433. A month later, he finished runner-up in the $1,500 NLHE at the Borgata Deep Stack Double Play Open, to earn $56,418.