Beyond a doubt millions of players are trying to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "charming pros" of poker. 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 game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings amounted to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he came away with two immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the humility to talk to his admirers about how they might boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making 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 earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the most active players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in more than 100 competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw playing cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
