No Joke, countless of individuals are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more famous "charming players" of poker. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing 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 earnings added up to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he came away with two immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to speak to his admirers about how they can improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in poker and from Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in excess of one hundred events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.