Four of Poker’s Great Pros
Posted in Poker on 08/07/2024 07:25 am by IzaiahBeyond a doubt millions and millions of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "nice pros" of poker. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he captured 2 highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to speak with his fans about how they can advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in more than one hundred tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.