Four of Poker’s Great Players
Posted in Poker on 01/27/2020 06:25 pm by Marcus
No Joke, millions of people are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "nice pros" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated 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 competition payouts amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he came away with 2 immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to speak with his admirers about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and from Two Thousand to 2004 he placed in the money in more than 100 events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad loss. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.