No Joke, huge amounts of individuals are trying to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more noteworthy "charming pros" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tourney payouts amounted to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he attained 2 immensely respected 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 appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the humility to talk to his fans about how they might boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in more than one hundred tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad loss. As of 2006, his career earnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his characteristic 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.