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January
Written by Darwin.
Posted in: Poker
Beyond a doubt millions and millions of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "charming pros" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from 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 tournament payouts amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he came away with two highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the decency to talk with his fans about how they can advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he placed in the money in more than one hundred competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad loss. As of 2006, his career earnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.
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