Poker

Read more about the
Las Vegas 2024 Super
Bowl Streaker!

No Joke, millions and millions of people strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "charming pros" of poker. Even though "nice" is associated 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 competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings amounted to in excess of $4.4 million and he won two immensely 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 chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk with his admirers about how they might boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in more than 100 events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of 2006, his career earnings are just about 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned five WSOP titles with two of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.