Four of Poker’s Great Pros
Posted in Poker on 09/13/2019 01:25 pm by Shelby
Beyond a doubt millions and millions of players strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "nice guys" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his competition payouts amounted to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he came away with 2 immensely admired awards in the WSOP 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. He even still has the humility to talk with his admirers about how they can boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and between 2000 to 2004 he placed in the money in excess of 100 competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to 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 live poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.