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4 of Poker’s Charming Guys
Literally countless of players want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more noteworthy "great players" of poker. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition payouts added up to more than 4.4 million dollars and he won two highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the humility to talk to his admirers about how they will be able to advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an educational video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five WSOP titles with 2 of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris 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 tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.