Four of Poker’s Charming Pros
Beyond a doubt countless of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more well known "charming guys" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table 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 winnings added up to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he came away with two highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the humility to speak with his fans about how they can 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 co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in professional poker and from Two Thousand to 2004 he placed in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad beat. As of 2006, his career winnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw playing cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.