4 of Poker’s Great Pros
Beyond a doubt millions and millions of people are trying to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "great players" of poker. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings amounted to more than four and a half 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 Feb Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they will be able to improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and between 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad beat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.