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Four of Poker’s Great Pros
January 7th, 2007 by Elliott

No Joke, huge amounts of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "charming pros" of poker. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his tourney earnings amounted to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he attained 2 highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to talk with his fans about how they could advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is one of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in more than 100 events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of 2006, his career winnings are just about six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.


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