Literally countless of people strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "charming pros" of the game. Although "nice" is associated 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 Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts added up to in excess of $4.4 million and he came away with two immensely 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 appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to speak with his admirers about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over 100 events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.
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