4 of Poker’s Nice Players

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Literally huge amounts of people want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "nice pros" of poker. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his competition payouts amounted to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he won two highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the decency to talk with his fans 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 allowed him to make an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time winnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is 1 of the busiest players in poker and between 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in more than one hundred events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad loss. As of 2006, his career earnings are almost six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned five WSOP titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.