No Joke, countless of players strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "charming pros" of poker. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings amounted to in the region of $4.4 million and he attained two immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to talk to his admirers about how they could boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making 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
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he finished in the money in excess of one hundred events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad defeat. As of 2006, his career earnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.
