Four of Poker’s Charming Guys
Literally countless of individuals are trying to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "great pros" of poker. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney payouts added up to more than $4.4 million and he came away with two highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the decency to speak to his fans about how they can improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional 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 exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in poker and between Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in excess of 100 tournaments. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with two of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.