4 of Poker’s Charming Players
Tuesday, 16. November 2021
No Joke, countless of people are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more famous "nice guys" of the game. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings added up to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he came away with two immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the humility to speak with his fans about how they might boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life winnings exceed $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 more than one hundred competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.
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