A Couple of of Poker’s Great Guys
Literally huge amounts of individuals are trying to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "charming players" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney payouts added up to more than 4.4 million dollars and he captured 2 immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they can improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in more than 100 tournaments. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw playing cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.