Beyond a doubt countless of individuals want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "great guys" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney winnings amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he won 2 highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they will be able to improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and from Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in well over one hundred events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five WSOP titles with 2 of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
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