Feb 122020
Beyond a doubt huge amounts of players are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "nice players" of poker. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition winnings amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he attained two highly respected 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. He still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they could boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an educational video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in poker and from Two Thousand and 2004 he ranked in the money in excess of 100 events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.
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