4 of Poker’s Charming Players
Literally huge amounts of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "nice guys" of the game. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tourney payouts amounted to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he attained two highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the humility to speak to his admirers about how they might advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an educational video called "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 winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the most active players in poker and from Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in well over 100 events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of 2006, his career earnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. 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 cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.
