A Couple of of Poker’s Nice Players
Posted in Poker on 09/22/2009 09:21 am by Izaiah
Beyond a doubt countless of people strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "nice pros" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his competition earnings amounted to more than four and a half million dollars and he captured two highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the decency to talk with his fans about how they can improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in well over one hundred tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with two of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.