Literally millions and millions of people are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "great players" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney payouts amounted to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he attained two highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the decency to speak to his fans about how they can boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in well over 100 events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad loss. As of 2006, his career winnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five WSOP titles with two of his successes coming 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 toss playing cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
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