Four of Poker’s Nice Players
Posted in Poker on 09/21/2015 10:21 am by Marley
Literally millions and millions of individuals are trying to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more famous "charming guys" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition winnings amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he came away with two highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the humility to talk to his admirers about how they will be able to improve 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 called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life time winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and between 2000 and 2004 he placed in the money in well over 100 tournaments. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.