No Joke, millions of players are trying to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "charming pros" of the game. 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 competition winnings amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he attained 2 immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the humility to talk to his fans about how they could advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an educational poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and from Two Thousand to 2004 he ranked in the money in excess of 100 competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.