No Joke, millions and millions of people are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "great pros" of poker. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put 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 won 2 immensely 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 Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to talk with his fans about how they can improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life time winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over 100 competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his career earnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.
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