4 of Poker’s Great Pros
Posted in Poker on 08/27/2019 05:25 pm by Skyla
Literally millions of people strive to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more famous "great guys" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings added up to more than 4.4 million dollars and he won two highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to speak with his admirers about how they can improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in excess of one hundred events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.