Beyond a doubt countless of individuals want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "great pros" of poker. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney winnings added up to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he came away with 2 immensely respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they will be able to improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life time earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 and 2004 he placed in the money in well over one hundred tournaments. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad beat. As of 2006, his career earnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five WSOP titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.
November 27th, 2025
Gracelyn
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