A Couple of of Poker’s Great Guys
Beyond a doubt huge amounts of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more famous "great pros" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings amounted to more than four and a half million dollars and he came away with 2 highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to speak with his fans about how they might improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he finished in the money in excess of 100 competitions. He’s noted 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 almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.
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