Four of Poker’s Great Guys
Posted in Poker on 01/03/2018 11:25 am by ChristopherLiterally huge amounts of people want to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "nice guys" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he attained 2 immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to speak with his admirers about how they can boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time winnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the busiest players in poker and between 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over one hundred tournaments. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad defeat. As of 2006, his career winnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.