A Couple of of Poker’s Charming Guys
No Joke, countless of players want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "nice pros" of the game. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition earnings added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he attained two highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the decency to speak with his fans about how they might improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and from Two Thousand to 2004 he placed in the money in more than 100 competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five WSOP titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
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