Four of Poker’s Great Guys
Posted in Poker on 10/06/2015 04:21 am by Nolan
No Joke, millions of people strive to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "nice players" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition winnings amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he captured 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 chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the humility to speak with his admirers about how they will be able to boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an educational video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in more than 100 events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five WSOP titles with two of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.