4 of Poker’s Charming Players
Posted in Poker on 06/10/2019 03:25 pm by Marley
No Joke, millions of individuals strive to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "great players" of the game. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tourney winnings added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he captured two highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the decency to speak with his fans about how they will be able to boost 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 video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in more than 100 tournaments. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad beat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.