Beyond a doubt countless of players want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more famous "great players" of the game. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing 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 in the region of four and a half million dollars and he attained 2 immensely respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to speak to his fans about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the busiest players in poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in more than one hundred competitions. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of 2006, his career earnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.
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