4 of Poker’s Nice Guys
Posted in Poker on 10/09/2022 01:25 pm by Shelby
Beyond a doubt countless of people are trying to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "nice pros" of poker. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament earnings amounted to in the region of $4.4 million and he came away with two highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the humility to talk with his admirers about how they could boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and from Two Thousand to 2004 he finished in the money in excess of one hundred competitions. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.