A Couple of of Poker’s Great Players
Posted in Poker on 10/16/2024 07:25 am by Christopher
Literally countless of people want to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "charming pros" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition winnings added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he won 2 immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the humility to talk to his fans about how they can advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional video named "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 winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the most active players in poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over one hundred tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad loss. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.