Literally millions of people want to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "charming 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 competition winnings added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he came away with 2 highly respected 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 chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the decency to talk with his admirers about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the most active players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in well over one hundred events. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of 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 poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.
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