Beyond a doubt huge amounts of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "charming pros" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing 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 tournament earnings amounted to in the region of $4.4 million and he attained two highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to talk with his admirers about how they might improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he ranked in the money in excess of 100 tournaments. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad beat. As of 2006, his career winnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five WSOP titles with two of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic 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 live poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
October 22nd, 2025
Marlee
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