No Joke, huge amounts of players are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "charming players" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition payouts added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he came away with 2 highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to talk to his fans about how they might advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in excess of 100 events. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw playing cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.