4 of Poker’s Nice Pros
No Joke, countless of players strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more well known "nice players" of poker. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tournament earnings added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he attained two highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to talk to his fans about how they can boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in excess of one hundred competitions. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.
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