Beyond a doubt millions of individuals strive to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "charming pros" of poker. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney payouts amounted to in excess of $4.4 million and he won two immensely respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the decency to speak with his fans about how they can boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an educational poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in poker and between 2000 to 2004 he finished in the money in excess of 100 events. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.