Literally millions of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "charming players" of poker. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his competition winnings added up to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he captured two highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even 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 professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional video named "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 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in excess of one hundred tournaments. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.