Beyond a doubt huge amounts of individuals strive to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "charming players" of the game. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tourney winnings amounted to in excess of $4.4 million and he won two highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk with his admirers about how they could advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional poker 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 complete life winnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in poker and between 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in excess of one hundred competitions. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad loss. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.
