A Couple of of Poker’s Great Players
Literally millions of people want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "great pros" of the game. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition payouts added up to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he came away with two highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the humility to speak to his admirers about how they might advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life time winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in well over one hundred tournaments. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five WSOP titles with two of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.
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