Four of Poker’s Charming Guys


No Joke, millions and millions of people strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more noteworthy "nice pros" of the game. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "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 amounted to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he won 2 highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to talk with his admirers about how they can boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the most active players in poker and from 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in more than 100 competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are just about six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.

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