4 of Poker’s Charming Players
No Joke, huge amounts of people are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "charming guys" of poker. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tourney winnings amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he attained two highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they can boost 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 called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in well over 100 tournaments. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.
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