4 of Poker’s Great Guys
Wednesday, 28. November 2018
No Joke, millions and millions of individuals strive to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "charming pros" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition earnings amounted to more than $4.4 million and he captured 2 immensely respected awards in the WSOP 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. He even still has the humility to speak with his admirers about how they might improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in poker and from Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in excess of one hundred competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad beat. As of 2006, his career winnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five WSOP titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
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