May 272026
No Joke, countless of players strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "nice pros" of poker. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney payouts added up 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 Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the humility to talk with his admirers about how they could advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling 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 co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in poker and from Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in more than 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five WSOP titles with 2 of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.
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