No Joke, countless of players want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "charming pros" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition payouts amounted to in excess of $4.4 million and he came away with 2 immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the humility to speak to his admirers 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 accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in well over 100 events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five WSOP titles with two of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw playing cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.