How Did Your Favorite Poker Players Get Their Nicknames?

3,838 views · Published 17 June 2018 · 3:11 · Indexed 22 September 2026

Channel: PokerNews · 2018 · Travel & Events

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Some of your favorite poker players are known by just their nicknames, but do you know the story behind their nicknames?  Poker players Faraz Jaka, Mike Matusow, Allen Kessler, and Daniel Negreanu tell us how they got their infamous nicknames.  Those players are at the Rio Las Vegas playing the World Series of Poker.

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