4 of Poker’s Charming Players

No Joke, countless of people want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "charming guys" of poker. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his tourney winnings amounted to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he won 2 highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the humility to talk to his fans about how they will be able to boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an educational video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and from Two Thousand and 2004 he placed in the money in excess of 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his career winnings are almost six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won five WSOP titles with two of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.

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