Four of Poker’s Great Guys
Posted in Poker on 05/01/2022 03:25 pm by Caylee
No Joke, millions and millions of players want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "nice guys" of poker. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney winnings added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he came away with 2 immensely respected 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 chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the decency to talk with his fans about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an educational poker 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 earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in poker and from 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in well over 100 tournaments. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.