A Couple of of Poker’s Charming Guys
No Joke, millions of players are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "nice pros" of poker. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts amounted to more than four and a half million dollars and he won 2 immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the humility to talk to his admirers about how they can boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "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 hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in poker and between 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in excess of one hundred tournaments. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad beat. As of 2006, his career earnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.