Four of Poker’s Nice Guys
Posted in Poker on 06/01/2018 02:25 pm by Marley
Literally huge amounts of individuals want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "nice guys" of the game. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition payouts amounted to in excess of 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 Tournament Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the humility to speak with his admirers about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional video called "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 surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in well over one hundred events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw playing cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.