Beyond a doubt countless of individuals want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "charming guys" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings amounted to in the region of $4.4 million and he captured 2 immensely 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 named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they can improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional 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 complete life winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in poker and between 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in more than one hundred events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.
