Four of Poker’s Great Pros
Beyond a doubt millions and millions of players are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "nice pros" of poker. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings added up to more than four and a half million dollars and he came away with 2 highly respected 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 appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to speak to his admirers about how they will be able to advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in more than one hundred events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad beat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
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