No Joke, millions and millions of players strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "charming players" of the game. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them 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 winnings added up to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he won two immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to speak to his fans about how they will be able to boost 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 instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and from Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over 100 events. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad beat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his wins happening in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
