Four of Poker’s Nice Players
Saturday, 24. August 2024
Beyond a doubt huge amounts of players want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "nice pros" of poker. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition payouts added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he attained two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the humility to speak with his admirers about how they might advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life winnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and from Two Thousand to 2004 he placed in the money in well over 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of 2006, his career winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.
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