A Couple of of Poker’s Great Pros
Beyond a doubt millions of players want to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "nice pros" of poker. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his competition earnings amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he won two highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to talk to his admirers about how they could improve 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 poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and between 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in excess of one hundred events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.
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