Beyond a doubt millions of players strive to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more famous "charming guys" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tourney winnings added up to in excess of $4.4 million and he came away with two highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they will be able to advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an educational poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in poker and from Two Thousand and 2004 he finished in the money in more than one hundred competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his career winnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
