4 of Poker’s Great Pros
Beyond a doubt countless of players want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "nice guys" of poker. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament earnings added up to more than four and a half million dollars and he attained 2 highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the humility to speak with his admirers about how they will be able to improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in poker and from 2000 to 2004 he ranked in the money in well over 100 competitions. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad defeat. As of 2006, his career winnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
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