No Joke, millions and millions of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more well known "charming players" of the game. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his competition earnings amounted to in the region of $4.4 million and he won 2 highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the humility to speak with his admirers about how they will be able to improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in poker and between 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in well over 100 tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "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 wins coming in 2003. 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 slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
