A Couple of of Poker’s Great Players
Literally millions and millions of individuals are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "nice guys" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition earnings added up to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he captured two immensely respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He 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 brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he ranked in the money in more than 100 tournaments. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.