A Couple of of Poker’s Great Players
Beyond a doubt millions and millions of people want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "nice players" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing 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 tourney earnings added up to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he attained two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to speak to his fans about how they might advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an educational video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and from Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in excess of one hundred events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad loss. As of 2006, his life time earnings are just about six 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" due to his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.