Four of Poker’s Nice Guys
Monday, 2. December 2024
No Joke, huge amounts of people want to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "nice pros" of the game. Granted "nice" is connected 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 earnings added up to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he attained 2 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 still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they could advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making 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 earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in poker and between 2000 to 2004 he ranked in the money in more than 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
Posted in Poker by Natasha