Beyond a doubt huge amounts of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more noteworthy "charming guys" of poker. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney payouts added up to more than four and a half million dollars and he won 2 highly 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 Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to talk with his admirers about how they could advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an educational video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in well over 100 tournaments. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad loss. As of 2006, his career earnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.