No Joke, millions of individuals strive to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "charming pros" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings amounted to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he attained 2 highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they could boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life time earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and from Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in excess of 100 tournaments. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.