Hometown: Burlingame
Country of Origin: United States 
Daniel Alaei, from Santa Fe Springs, Calif., is primarily a high stakes cash game player. He began playing big tournament buy-ins in 2004 and since then, captured a World Series of Poker bracelet in the 2006 no-limit deuce-to-seven lowball event, and won over $1 million in tournament cashes. Alaei has been featured on GSN's High Stakes Poker.