Beyond a doubt countless 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 poker. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts amounted to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he came away with two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they can boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in more than one hundred competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five WSOP titles with two of his wins coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.