Four of Poker’s Charming Pros

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No Joke, millions of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more famous "great guys" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his competition payouts added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he attained two highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to speak to his admirers about how they could advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time winnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he ranked in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are just about $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured five WSOP titles with 2 of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "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 live poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.