4 of Poker’s Great Players

by Bo on February 17th, 2011

No Joke, countless of people want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "charming players" of poker. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his competition earnings added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he won 2 immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the humility to talk to his admirers about how they will be able to boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is one of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 to 2004 he ranked in the money in well over 100 tournaments. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his career earnings are just about $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with two of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.

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