4 of Poker’s Great Guys
Posted in Poker on 11/14/2010 02:21 am by Marley
Literally millions and millions of people are trying to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "nice guys" of poker. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney winnings amounted to more than four and a half million dollars and he captured two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the decency to talk with his fans about how they will be able to boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an educational video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in professional poker and from Two Thousand to 2004 he placed in the money in well over 100 tournaments. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.