No Joke, huge amounts of people are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "charming players" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition payouts amounted to in the region of $4.4 million and he came away with two immensely respected awards in the WSOP 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 humility to talk with his admirers about how they will be able to improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an educational video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in poker and between 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in excess of 100 events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins happening in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
