A Couple of of Poker’s Charming Players
Beyond a doubt millions and millions of players want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "great pros" of poker. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from 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 tourney winnings amounted to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he captured two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the decency to talk to his admirers about how they can improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an educational 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 surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and from Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in more than one hundred events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five WSOP titles with two of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.