Beyond a doubt huge amounts of people are trying to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "charming pros" of poker. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his competition payouts added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he attained two highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker 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 even still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they will be able to improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life time earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in more than 100 tournaments. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad beat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Chris 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 2005 his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.