No Joke, countless of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "great players" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tournament winnings added up to more than 4.4 million dollars and he won 2 highly admired awards in the WSOP 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 humility to talk with his admirers about how they could boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and from Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in well over one hundred tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad loss. As of 2006, his career earnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five WSOP titles with two of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
0 Responses
Stay in touch with the conversation, subscribe to the RSS feed for comments on this post.
You must be logged in to post a comment.