4 of Poker’s Charming Players
No Joke, countless of people strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "nice players" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts added up 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 Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the humility to speak to his admirers about how they will be able to advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and from Two Thousand and 2004 he placed in the money in more than 100 events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.
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