Literally huge amounts of individuals strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "charming pros" of poker. Granted "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 payouts amounted to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he attained 2 immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the decency to talk with his admirers about how they can 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 named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 to 2004 he finished in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.
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