Four of Poker’s Nice Pros
Sunday, 8. July 2018
Beyond a doubt millions of individuals want to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more noteworthy "nice guys" of the game. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tournament payouts added up to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he won two immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the decency to speak with his admirers about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an educational video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life time winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and between 2000 to 2004 he finished in the money in excess of 100 tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
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