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4 of Poker’s Charming Players
Beyond a doubt millions of people are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more famous "charming pros" of poker. Even though "nice" is associated 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 competition winnings amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he came away with 2 highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to speak to his fans about how they can improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 to 2004 he finished in the money in excess of one hundred competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad defeat. As of 2006, his career winnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 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, and is able to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.