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September
Written by Tyrese.
Posted in: Poker
Beyond a doubt millions and millions of individuals strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "great players" of the game. 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 game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition earnings amounted to more than $4.4 million and he attained 2 highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to talk with his admirers about how they might boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an educational video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he finished in the money in more than one hundred events. He is noted 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 2006, his life time winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.
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