A Couple of of Poker’s Charming Pros
Literally millions and millions of players want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more famous "nice guys" of poker. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts amounted to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he came away with 2 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 appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and from Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in more than 100 competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
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