4 of Poker’s Nice Players
Posted in Poker on 08/01/2025 05:25 pm by Lilly
Beyond a doubt huge amounts of people are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "great guys" of the game. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tournament payouts added up to in excess of $4.4 million and he won 2 highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they could boost 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 TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time winnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and from Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five WSOP titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw playing cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.