1 Mar 18

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Beyond a doubt huge amounts of individuals are trying to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "nice pros" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his tourney earnings added up to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he won 2 immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to speak to his admirers about how they can improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known 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 co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life winnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in excess of one hundred events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are just about 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured five WSOP titles with 2 of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.


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