4 of Poker’s Charming Players

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Beyond a doubt huge amounts of players strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "charming pros" of poker. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his tournament earnings amounted to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he came away with two highly admired awards in the WSOP 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. Daniel still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they can improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and from Two Thousand to 2004 he finished in the money in well over 100 competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.