Four of Poker’s Charming Pros
Beyond a doubt millions and millions of individuals want to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "charming pros" of poker. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" 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 4.4 million dollars and he captured two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the humility to speak to his admirers about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro 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. As of 2005, his complete life winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in more than one hundred events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.