Feb 272018
No Joke, huge amounts of people want to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "charming guys" of poker. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition winnings added up to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he captured two highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they can boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an educational video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand and 2004 he placed in the money in excess of one hundred events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad loss. As of 2006, his life time earnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five WSOP titles with two of his wins coming in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.
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