A Couple of of Poker’s Great Guys
No Joke, millions of individuals are trying to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more noteworthy "great players" of poker. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tourney winnings added up to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he came away with 2 highly respected 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 Favourite Poker Player. He still has the decency to speak to his admirers about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life time earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 to 2004 he placed in the money in more than one hundred competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad loss. As of 2006, his career earnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five WSOP titles with two of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.
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