A Couple of of Poker’s Charming Players
Beyond a doubt huge amounts of players are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "great guys" of poker. Although "nice" is connected 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 tournament payouts amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he attained 2 immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk with his fans about how they will be able to advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in poker and from Two Thousand to 2004 he ranked in the money in more than one hundred events. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his life time earnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.