No Joke, huge amounts of players are trying to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "charming pros" of poker. Although "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 removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings added up to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he won two highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the decency to talk to his admirers about how they could boost 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 called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life winnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 and 2004 he placed in the money in well over 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad loss. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.
