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A Couple of of Poker’s Charming Players

No Joke, countless of players strive to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more famous "great pros" of poker. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his competition payouts added up to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he captured 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 chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the humility to speak with his admirers about how they might boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an educational poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is one of the most active players in poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in excess of 100 competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring 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 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.