4 of Poker’s Great Guys
Literally countless of people are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "nice guys" of the game. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition earnings amounted to in the region of $4.4 million and he came away with 2 immensely 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 chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to speak with his fans about how they might advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life time winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the most active players in poker and between 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five WSOP titles with 2 of his successes coming in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
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