Four of Poker’s Great Players
Beyond a doubt countless of individuals are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "charming guys" of poker. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tournament winnings added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he attained two immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to talk with his fans about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional poker 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 winnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in excess of 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
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