No Joke, millions and millions of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more well known "charming players" 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 removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition earnings added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he captured two highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the decency to speak to his fans about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in poker and from Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in more than one hundred competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.
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