Four of Poker’s Charming Guys

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No Joke, countless of players strive to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more noteworthy "great players" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his tournament payouts added up to in excess of $4.4 million and he won two immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the decency to speak with his fans about how they can improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "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 holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is one of the busiest players in poker and between 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are almost $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.