05
July
Written by Darwin.
Posted in: Poker
Literally countless of individuals strive to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "nice pros" of the game. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tournament earnings amounted to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he attained 2 highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk to his admirers about how they could boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he ranked in the money in more than 100 tournaments. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.
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