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Beyond a doubt millions and millions of people strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "charming pros" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his competition winnings added up to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he attained two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the humility to talk with his admirers about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life time earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and from Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in excess of one hundred tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.
