A Couple of of Poker’s Nice Pros
Literally millions of individuals want to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "nice players" of poker. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts added up to more than 4.4 million dollars and he captured two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the decency to talk with his admirers about how they can boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad loss. As of 2006, his life time winnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
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