Beyond a doubt millions of individuals strive to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "charming players" of poker. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney winnings added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he won two immensely respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to speak to his admirers about how they will be able to improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an educational poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life time winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in excess of one hundred competitions. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his career earnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes happening in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.