Four of Poker’s Great Pros
Literally millions and millions of players want to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "great guys" of the game. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament earnings amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he captured 2 immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to speak with his fans about how they can improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has 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 Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in poker and between 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in excess of one hundred competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad beat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes happening in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.
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