Literally countless of people want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more famous "charming guys" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings added up to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he captured two immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to speak with his admirers about how they can improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in more than one hundred competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his career earnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw playing cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.
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