David Daneshgar
David Daneshgar | |
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| Born | David Charles Daneshgar June 18, 1981 |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley University of Chicago Booth School of Business |
| Occupation(s) | Former professional poker player, co-founder of BloomNation |
David Charles Daneshgar (born June 18, 1981, in Westlake Village, California) is an American former professional poker player and the co-founder of BloomNation.com.
Poker
[edit]Daneshgar became interested in poker while attending the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught a pass/not pass course on the Statistics and Probability of Gaming. In 2006, he was ranked the #5 player in the world by Card Player magazine.[1] That year, he won major titles at Borgata Winter Poker Open,[2] Bicycle Casino Winnin' o' the Green,[3] and Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic.[4] In 2008, he captured his first World Series of Poker bracelet and the $625,443 cash prize.[5] As of 2011[update], his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,400,000.[6]
BloomNation
[edit]In 2010, while attending the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Daneshgar co-founded the online floral marketplace BloomNation with Farbod Shoraka and Gregg Weisstein. He won a two-day poker tournament in Los Angeles that gave the company enough seed funding to create a beta version of the marketplace and establish proof of concept.[7] BloomNation has since raised $1.65 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Spark Capital, Chicago Ventures and CrunchFund.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "World's Best Poker Players". CardPlayer. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023.
- ^ "World Poker Tour - WPT Borgata Winter Open, No Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ "2006 Winnin' o' the Green, No Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ "Fifth Annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic, No Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ "2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker". World Series of Poker. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
- ^ "David Daneshgar's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- ^ Chang, Julia (January 28, 2014). "6 Leaders Share Their Secrets For How To Be Fearless About Money And Life". Forbes. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
- ^ Perez, Sarah (October 24, 2013). "BloomNation, A Platform For Local Florists, Raises $1.65M From Andreessen Horowitz & Others". Techcrunch. Retrieved March 6, 2014.