Four of Poker’s Nice Guys

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Literally countless of people strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "charming players" of the game. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts amounted to in excess of $4.4 million and he captured two highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the humility to talk with his fans about how they might improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time winnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and between Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in excess of 100 events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad beat. As of 2006, his career earnings are just about $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.