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Four of Poker’s Great Pros
No Joke, countless of players strive to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more well known "great players" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings amounted to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he won 2 immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to talk with his fans about how they might improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life time winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in excess of 100 events. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes happening in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
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