A Couple of of Poker’s Great Players
Posted in Poker on 02/13/2022 02:25 am by Lilly
No Joke, countless of people strive to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "great pros" of the game. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tourney payouts added up to more than four and a half million dollars and he won two immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to speak with his admirers about how they can advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an educational video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand and 2004 he placed in the money in more than 100 events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad beat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.