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No Joke, countless of players are trying to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "great players" of poker. 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 put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney payouts amounted to in excess of $4.4 million and he came away with 2 highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was chosen 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

Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is one of the most active players in poker and from 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are just about $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.

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Poker has become world famous recently, with televised competitions and celebrity poker game shows. Its popularity, though, arcs back quite a bit further than its TV ratings. Over the years several types on the first poker game have been developed, including some games that are not really poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is 1 of these games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely affiliated with chemin de fer than old guard poker, in that the players bet against the casino rather than each other. The succeeding hands, are the long-standing poker hands. There is no concealment or different kinds of bamboozlement. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to pay up before the croupier broadcasting "No more bets." At that instance, both you and the casino and of course every one of the different players attain five cards. After you have looked at your hand and the dealer’s 1st card, you need to in turn make a call wager or surrender. The call bet’s value is on same level to your beginning wager, meaning that the stakes will have increased two fold. Surrendering means that your ante goes instantaneously to the dealer. After the bet comes the showdown. If the dealer does not have ace/king or better, your bet is returned, with a sum on par with the ante. If the casino does have ace/king or greater, you win if your hand defeats the casino’s hand. The dealer pony’s up chips equal to your initial bet and controlled odds on your call bet. These expectations are:

• Even for a pair or high card
• 2-1 for two pairs
• 3-1 for 3 of a kind
• four to one for a straight
• 5-1 for a flush
• seven to one for a full house
• twenty to one for a four of a kind
• 50-1 for a straight flush
• 100-1 for a royal flush