4 of Poker’s Charming Guys
Posted in Poker on 02/10/2026 02:25 am by Valerie
Beyond a doubt countless of players strive to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "great pros" of poker. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tourney payouts added up to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he attained 2 highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk to his admirers about how they might advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother 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. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 and 2004 he placed in the money in more than one hundred tournaments. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad loss. As of 2006, his career winnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.