Literally millions of individuals are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "nice guys" of the game. Although "nice" is associated 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 game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney winnings added up to more than 4.4 million dollars 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 still has the decency to talk with his fans about how they will be able to boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the most active players in poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over 100 tournaments. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
September 22nd, 2019
Marlee
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