A Couple of of Poker’s Nice Guys
Beyond a doubt huge amounts of players are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more noteworthy "charming pros" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney winnings amounted to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he attained two immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the decency to talk to his admirers about how they can boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in professional poker and between 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in excess of 100 tournaments. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad loss. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.
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