No Joke, millions of people are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "great players" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament earnings added up to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he came away with two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the decency to speak with his admirers about how they will be able to advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and from Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in well over one hundred tournaments. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five WSOP titles with two of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
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