Literally countless of players strive to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more famous "charming guys" of the game. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition payouts amounted to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he attained 2 highly respected 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 named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they might advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 and 2004 he placed in the money in well over 100 tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five WSOP titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.