Four of Poker’s Charming Pros

by Carmelo on August 18th, 2022

No Joke, countless of individuals are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "great guys" of poker. Granted "nice" is associated 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 competition earnings added up to more than four and a half million dollars and he attained two highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to talk to his admirers about how they will be able to improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life winnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and between 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in more than one hundred tournaments. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.

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