A Couple of of Poker’s Charming Pros
Posted in Poker on 09/11/2025 07:25 pm by Caylee
Literally millions of players want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more noteworthy "charming guys" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition payouts added up to in excess of $4.4 million and he came away with two highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to talk with his admirers about how they could advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life time earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the busiest players in poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in excess of 100 events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of 2006, his career earnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five WSOP titles with two of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.