Beyond a doubt millions of players strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more famous "charming players" of poker. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his competition payouts amounted to more than $4.4 million and he came away with 2 highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the decency to speak to his admirers about how they might boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in poker and from Two Thousand and 2004 he ranked in the money in well over one hundred tournaments. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad beat. As of 2006, his career winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.