Four of Poker’s Great Guys

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No Joke, millions of players strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "great guys" of poker. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing 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 tournament winnings added up to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he won 2 immensely respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the decency to talk with his admirers about how they will be able to advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is 1 of the busiest players in poker and from Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in excess of 100 tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad beat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are just about 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won five World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.