Literally 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 "charming guys" of poker. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings amounted to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he won 2 highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to talk to his admirers about how they might advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an educational 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 winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in more than 100 competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
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