A Couple of of Poker’s Charming Players
by Jordyn on Saturday, November 30th, 2019
Beyond a doubt millions of people want to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "charming players" of the game. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tournament payouts amounted to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he came away with 2 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. He even still has the decency to talk with his admirers about how they will be able to boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro 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. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in poker and from 2000 to 2004 he finished in the money in more than one hundred tournaments. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
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