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4 of Poker’s Great Pros
No Joke, millions and millions of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more well known "nice players" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings added up to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he came away with 2 immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they might advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known 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 also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 and 2004 he placed in the money in well over one hundred events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.