A Couple of of Poker’s Nice Pros
Literally millions and millions of players strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "charming pros" of poker. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition winnings amounted to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he attained two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the decency to speak to his fans about how they could boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an educational video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in more than one hundred events. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.
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