A Couple of of Poker’s Great Pros

Literally millions of individuals are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "great guys" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings added up to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he captured 2 immensely respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to talk to his fans about how they can advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life earnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in more than one hundred tournaments. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his career winnings are just about $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.

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