Dan "djk123" Kelly stormed into the Top 10 in 2008 thanks to his wins in the PokerStars Nightly Hundred Grand and $100 rebuy tournaments. After a 3rd place finish in the Full Tilt $750k Guarantee in March '08 for $55,600, he went on to take down another Stars $100 rebuy. In November '08, he won the FTOPS X Event #14 ($200+16 NLHE Turbo) for $104,870. Three months later he would place 3rd in the FTOPS XI $6-handed $300 rebuy Event #17 for another $116,700.

In June '09, he placed 2nd in the PokerStars "Sunday 500" tournament outright for $68,900 and then took down the WCOOP Event #2 ($215 Razz) for $53,400 in September '09. Two weeks later, he won the WCOOP Event #44 ($10,300 HORSE) for $252,350 and then recorded his largest career online tournament cash upon placing 4th in the WCOOP Main Event ($5,200 NLHE Two-Day) for $643,200.

Kelly has a runner-up performance in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for $109,300 (March '10). In December 2011, he returned to his winning ways by final tabling the PokerStars 10th Anniversary High Roller event for $56,000.

Won a record-setting fourth WCOOP bracelet in September 2012 in a $215 NLHE Rebuy for $138,000. Earlier in the year, he won a SCOOP title in a $109 NLHE Big Antes Rebuy and earned $80,000. He defeated a field of 1,660 in the latter tournament.

In August 2013, Kelly final tabled the PokerStars Sunday $100 Rebuy and collected $25,000. The tournament drew over 1,000 people.

Kelly won the first ever $25,000 NLHE Six-Max event held at the World Series of Poker in 2010 to bank an amazing $1.3 million. Four years later, he won a second bracelet in a $1,500 Limit Hold'em event for $195,000 in a final table that also had Jeff Lisandro and David Chiu.