A Couple of of Poker’s Great Players

No Joke, countless of players strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "charming players" of poker. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament earnings added up to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he attained 2 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. Daniel still has the decency to speak with his admirers about how they can improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments 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 winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the most active players in poker and from Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in excess of one hundred competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad loss. As of 2006, his career winnings are almost 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won five WSOP titles with 2 of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.


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