Beyond a doubt millions and millions of people strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "great guys" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings amounted to in the region of $4.4 million and he attained two immensely respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to speak with his admirers about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an educational video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in more than 100 tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad loss. As of 2006, his career earnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five WSOP titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.
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