No Joke, millions of individuals are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "nice pros" of poker. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his competition winnings amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he came away with 2 immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 to 2004 he finished in the money in well over 100 tournaments. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad beat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.
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