No Joke, millions of people want to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "charming players" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings amounted to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he attained two immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they will be able to boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in excess of 100 events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad defeat. As of 2006, his career winnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five WSOP titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.
