Four of Poker’s Great Players


No Joke, countless of individuals are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more well known "nice pros" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his competition winnings amounted to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he captured 2 highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they will be able to boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an educational poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life earnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is one of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in well over 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad defeat. As of 2006, his career winnings are just about 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.

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