No Joke, huge amounts of people want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "charming guys" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he came away with 2 highly admired 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 even still has the decency to talk to his admirers about how they could advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. 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 poker and from 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in well over one hundred events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five WSOP titles with two of his wins coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.
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