Four of Poker’s Great Pros
Monday, 30. July 2018
No Joke, 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 "nice guys" of the game. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition earnings added up to more than $4.4 million and he captured 2 highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the decency 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 achievements have allowed him to make an educational video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in professional poker and from Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in excess of one hundred events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
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