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July
Written by Michelle.
Posted in: Poker
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Beyond a doubt countless of people want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "nice guys" of the game. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from 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 payouts added up to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he came away with 2 highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to speak with his admirers about how they might improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in more than one hundred tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games 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 almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five WSOP titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.
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