No Joke, huge amounts of people want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "great pros" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition payouts added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he came away with 2 highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they could advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has 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 2005, his total life time winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in poker and from Two Thousand and 2004 he placed in the money in well over 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.
January 14th, 2026
Zayne
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