Beyond a doubt millions and millions of players strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "charming players" of poker. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament earnings added up to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he attained 2 immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to talk to his fans about how they could advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty 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 tournaments. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad beat. As of 2006, his career winnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.