4 of Poker’s Great Pros
Posted in Poker on 05/28/2017 08:25 pm by Felipe
Beyond a doubt huge amounts of individuals strive to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "nice guys" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tourney earnings amounted to more than four and a half million dollars and he won 2 immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the decency to talk with his fans about how they could advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an educational poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and between 2000 to 2004 he finished in the money in more than 100 events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.