Beyond a doubt millions of individuals want to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "charming pros" of the game. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tournament payouts amounted to in excess of $4.4 million and he attained two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the humility to talk with his admirers about how they might boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in well over 100 tournaments. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the nickname "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw playing cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.