No Joke, countless of people strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more noteworthy "charming players" of the game. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition earnings added up to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he captured 2 immensely respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the decency to talk to his admirers about how they could advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and between Two Thousand and 2004 he ranked in the money in more than one hundred tournaments. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five WSOP titles with 2 of his successes coming in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.