Literally huge amounts of people are trying to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "charming players" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tourney earnings added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he won two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the decency to speak to his fans about how they might improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in poker and between 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in well over one hundred tournaments. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad loss. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.