4 of Poker’s Charming Pros

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Literally huge amounts of individuals are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more famous "charming pros" of poker. Although "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 winnings added up to in excess 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 Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they might boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time winnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the most active players in poker and from 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in excess of 100 tournaments. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are just about 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, 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 earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.