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December
Written by Bo.
Posted in: Poker
Beyond a doubt countless of individuals want to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more famous "nice pros" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings added up to more than $4.4 million and he came away with 2 highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they might improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an educational video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life time winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in poker and between Two Thousand and 2004 he ranked in the money in well over 100 events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad beat. As of 2006, his career earnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five WSOP titles with two of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.
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