Archive for January 6th, 2023

4 of Poker’s Charming Pros

Literally millions and millions of individuals are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "great pros" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his tourney winnings amounted to in the region of $4.4 million and he attained 2 highly 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. Daniel still has the humility to speak to his admirers about how they will be able to improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the most active players in poker and from Two Thousand to 2004 he ranked in the money in excess of 100 tournaments. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad loss. As of 2006, his career earnings are just about $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.

 

Web Poker – Where Do The Pros Play

Internet poker has exploded over the past couple of years and it is not disappearing anytime soon. Many of the well-known pros are remaining in their residence to participate in net poker rather than at the casino. On any given night you can see Phil Ivey, Mike Matusow, or Gus Hansen playing internet poker at Full Tilt. Patrik Antonius who goes by the user name of Luigi66369 rules the large stakes money games online. He will regularly sit with sixty thousand dollars at the three hundred/six hundredNL games waiting for a person to challenge him. Normally Phil Ivey or some well known internet professional will step up and compete with Antonius one on one for a bit of cold hard cash. Antonius and Ivey have annihilated any adversaries that have challenged them in the past months. Pots in excess of $100, 000 are a normal occurrence and they are only growing largerare not getting any smaller.

John Juanda can likewise be seen participating in the 50/100 NL tables with a maximum buy-in of then thousand dollars. Juanda might be one of the most dependable players at the tables. He frequently appears to be ahead 20 to 30 thousand by the time the game ends. If you like drama, you can always pop-in and observe Mike "The Mouth" Matusow get up to his regular antics. Mike always talks to observersand will regularly inform his opponents how awesome he is at playing poker. Mike is known for showing massive $10, 000 bluffs on the river holding seven high. Gus Hansen also appears regularly on the high limit Omaha games. Online poker has brought the great game right into your home. No longer do you need to wait for poker events to appear on television. Each day, there is a big money game being played on the net. These guys are betting houses on every card. Watching these players play will boost your play.