Beyond a doubt countless of people want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "charming guys" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts added up to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he won two immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they might boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro 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 complete life winnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in poker and between 2000 to 2004 he ranked in the money in well over one hundred events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad beat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.