Four of Poker’s Nice Pros

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Literally huge amounts of individuals want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "great pros" of the game. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney payouts added up to in excess of $4.4 million and he came away with two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they could advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life winnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is 1 of the most active players in poker and from 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad defeat. As of 2006, his career earnings are almost $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured five WSOP titles with 2 of his successes happening in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.