A Couple of of Poker’s Charming Players

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Beyond a doubt huge amounts of people are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "nice pros" of the game. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his competition earnings amounted to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he won two immensely 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 named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to talk to his admirers about how they could improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

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

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in more than one hundred tournaments. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad beat. As of 2006, his career earnings are just about six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned five WSOP titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.