Four of Poker’s Charming Players
Literally millions of individuals are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "great players" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from 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 competition winnings added up to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he won 2 highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to speak with his fans about how they will be able to advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and between Two Thousand and 2004 he ranked in the money in more than one hundred competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad loss. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.