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Four of Poker’s Great Pros
No Joke, millions of individuals are trying to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "charming guys" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his competition payouts amounted to in the region of $4.4 million and he captured two immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the decency to talk with his admirers about how they will be able to advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete 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 Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in excess of 100 events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.