4 of Poker’s Charming Guys
Posted in Poker on 04/16/2025 11:25 pm by Marcus
Literally millions and millions of players are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "charming guys" of poker. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition payouts amounted to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he attained 2 immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they might boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the most active players in poker and between 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in well over 100 competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins happening in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.