No Joke, countless of players want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "great guys" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney payouts added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he attained 2 highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to talk with his fans about how they might advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life time winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in poker and from 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad loss. As of 2006, his career earnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
November 21st, 2018
Spencer
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