A Couple of of Poker’s Nice Pros
Beyond a doubt countless of players strive to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "great guys" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition payouts added up to in excess of $4.4 million and he attained two immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to talk to his fans about how they will be able to advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life time winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in poker and between 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in more than 100 events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five WSOP titles with two of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.
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