Four of Poker’s Great Players
Posted in Poker on 10/04/2025 03:25 am by Caylee
Literally huge amounts of players want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "nice pros" of the game. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from 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 earnings amounted to more than four and a half million dollars and he attained 2 immensely respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the decency to speak with his fans about how they can improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an educational video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life time earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in poker and from 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in well over 100 events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad loss. As of 2006, his life time winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five WSOP titles with 2 of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.