4 of Poker’s Great Guys
Posted in Poker on 11/07/2022 04:25 am by Valerie
No Joke, countless of people strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "great players" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tournament payouts amounted to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he won two highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the humility to talk with his admirers about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the most active players in poker and between 2000 to 2004 he finished in the money in excess of 100 competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.