No Joke, millions of people want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "charming players" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his competition payouts amounted to more than $4.4 million and he came away with two highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the decency to talk to his admirers about how they can advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the most active players in poker and between 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over 100 events. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad beat. As of 2006, his career winnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
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