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Four of Poker’s Charming Players
No Joke, huge amounts of people want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "charming players" of the game. Granted "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 2004, his competition payouts added up to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he captured two highly respected 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 chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to speak with his admirers about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the busiest players in poker and from Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in more than 100 competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.