Four of Poker’s Charming Players
Literally millions of individuals are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "great players" of poker. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing 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 tourney earnings added up to more than four and a half million dollars and he won 2 highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to speak with his fans about how they could advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and from Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in well over 100 events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
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