No Joke, millions of people are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more famous "great pros" of poker. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney payouts added up to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he came away with 2 highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to speak to his admirers about how they will be able to boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in more than one hundred events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad beat. As of 2006, his career earnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.
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