Beyond a doubt millions of people strive to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "charming pros" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings amounted to in the region of $4.4 million and he won 2 highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk with his fans about how they might boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in more than 100 competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad beat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.