A Couple of of Poker’s Nice Pros
Tuesday, 23. January 2024
Literally huge amounts of people want to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more famous "charming players" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tourney winnings amounted to in excess 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 Tournament Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they might advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he finished in the money in more than one hundred events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
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