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Literally huge amounts of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "charming players" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts added up to more than four and a half million dollars and he attained 2 immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to speak to his admirers about how they can boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life winnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the most active players in professional poker and between Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in well over 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, 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 happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
