Literally countless of players strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more well known "nice guys" of poker. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts added up to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he won 2 immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the humility to talk to his fans about how they can advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in more than one hundred events. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad beat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five WSOP titles with 2 of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.
June 25th, 2020
Zayne
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