18
October
Written by Manuel.
Posted in: Poker
Literally countless of players are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "charming pros" of the game. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition winnings amounted to more than $4.4 million and he won two immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the decency to talk with his fans about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in poker and between 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in well over one hundred events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five WSOP titles with 2 of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
Stay in touch with the conversation, subscribe to the RSS feed for comments on this post.
You must be logged in to post a comment.
