Four of Poker’s Great Pros
Posted in Poker on 07/04/2018 10:25 pm by Felipe
Beyond a doubt huge amounts of individuals are trying to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "charming pros" of poker. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition earnings amounted to in the region of 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 Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the humility to talk to his admirers about how they can improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and from Two Thousand and 2004 he finished in the money in excess of 100 competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.