Four of Poker’s Charming Guys
No Joke, huge amounts of people are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "great guys" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing 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 amounted to in the region of $4.4 million and he attained two highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to speak with his fans about how they will be able to improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in poker and between 2000 and 2004 he placed in the money in more than 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five WSOP titles with 2 of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.
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