4 of Poker’s Nice Pros

by Alejandro on May 11th, 2022

No Joke, huge amounts of individuals are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "nice players" of poker. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings amounted to more than $4.4 million and he captured two immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they could improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time winnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is one of the most active players in poker and between 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in excess of 100 events. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad beat. As of 2006, his career winnings are almost $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.

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