4 of Poker’s Great Guys

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No Joke, countless of people strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "charming guys" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected 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 Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings amounted to more than four and a half million dollars and he came away with 2 highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to talk to his fans about how they can advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life winnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 to 2004 he placed in the money in well over one hundred events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned five WSOP titles with 2 of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.