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After winning an online poker tournament at Negreanu's website and a live single-table tournament, Fidler was tutored in poker by Negreanu.
In his first major tournament as Negreanu's protege (the 2006 Mirage Poker Showdown in the World Poker Tourfifth season), he was eliminated on day one, and did not place in the money.
However, in his second major tournament, the 2006 World Series of Poker circuit event at Harveys Lake Tahoe, he placed second out of a field of 110 players and took home $206,800.
As of 2007, his total live tournament winnings exceed $210,000.