A Couple of of Poker’s Nice Guys


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No Joke, countless of people are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "charming players" of the game. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his competition earnings added up to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he won two highly respected awards in the WSOP 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 humility to talk with his fans about how they might boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 to 2004 he ranked in the money in excess of one hundred events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are just about $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned five WSOP titles with 2 of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw playing cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.

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