Four of Poker’s Great Pros
No Joke, countless of individuals are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more famous "charming pros" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tourney winnings amounted to in excess of $4.4 million and he won 2 highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk with his fans about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an educational poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and between Two Thousand and 2004 he ranked in the money in more than one hundred events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his life time winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
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