Four of Poker’s Great Pros
Posted in Poker on 10/06/2019 01:25 pm by Shelby
Literally countless of players want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "great guys" of poker. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition earnings amounted to more than four and a half million dollars and he came away with 2 immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they might boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand and 2004 he placed in the money in excess of one hundred events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes happening in 2003. 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 2005 his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.