Four of Poker’s Nice Pros
Posted in Poker on 04/02/2016 07:21 pm by Marcus
Beyond a doubt huge amounts of individuals want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "charming players" of poker. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition payouts added up to in excess of 4.4 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 Tourney Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to speak with his admirers about how they might improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an educational poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over 100 tournaments. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of 2006, his career earnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.