Four of Poker’s Great Guys
Beyond a doubt millions of players strive to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "charming guys" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney payouts added up to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he won 2 immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the humility to speak to 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 accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in more than 100 tournaments. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad beat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five WSOP titles with 2 of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the nickname "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.