A Couple of of Poker’s Nice Players
Posted in Poker on 10/15/2021 05:25 pm by Marcus
No Joke, millions and millions of players are trying to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 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" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he attained 2 highly respected 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 named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the decency to talk with his fans about how they might improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an educational video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and from Two Thousand and 2004 he ranked in the money in excess of 100 events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss 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.