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April
Written by Cordell.
Posted in: Poker
No Joke, countless of players want to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "charming guys" of the game. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tournament earnings amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he captured 2 highly 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 named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to speak to his fans about how they will be able to improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in excess of one hundred events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.
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