A Couple of of Poker’s Nice Pros
No Joke, countless of players strive to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "great players" of the game. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his competition earnings amounted to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he won two highly 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 chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to speak with his fans about how they could boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in poker and from 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in more than one hundred competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
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