No Joke, millions of people strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more famous "charming guys" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament earnings amounted to more than four and a half million dollars and he came away with two highly 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 chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk with his fans about how they will be able to improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the most active players in poker and between 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in excess of 100 competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five WSOP titles with two of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.