A Couple of of Poker’s Great Guys
Literally millions and millions of individuals are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more noteworthy "nice guys" of poker. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed 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 two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk to 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 educational poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in poker and between Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over one hundred events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad loss. As of 2006, his career winnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five WSOP titles with two 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 playing cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.
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