A Couple of of Poker’s Charming Pros

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Literally countless of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "nice guys" of poker. Despite the fact that "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 competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney winnings added up to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he won 2 immensely 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 appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the humility to speak with his admirers about how they can advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and from Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in excess of one hundred competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are just about six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw playing cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.