Four of Poker’s Charming Guys

by Carlos on July 31st, 2010

Beyond a doubt countless of individuals want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "charming players" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected 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 tourney payouts amounted to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he came away with two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to speak to his fans about how they could advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional video called "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 busiest players in poker and between 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in more than 100 events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are almost six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.

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