Beyond a doubt countless of players want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "great players" of poker. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he came away with 2 highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the humility to talk to his fans about how they could advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and from Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in well over one hundred tournaments. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.
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