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November
Written by Michelle.
Posted in: Poker
No Joke, huge amounts of individuals want to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more famous "great players" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tournament payouts added up to in the region 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 Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they might improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the busiest players in poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he ranked in the money in well over 100 events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five WSOP titles with two of his wins coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.
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