A Couple of of Poker’s Great Pros

Beyond a doubt millions and millions of individuals strive to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more famous "charming pros" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he attained two immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to speak to his admirers about how they can boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life time winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and between 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad beat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.

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