No Joke, millions and millions of individuals strive to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "great pros" of poker. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney winnings added up to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he won two immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to speak with his admirers about how they can advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an educational video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time winnings surpass 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 finished in the money in excess of 100 tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five WSOP titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.
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