No Joke, millions and millions of individuals want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "charming players" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tourney earnings added up to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he came away with two highly 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. Daniel still has the humility to talk to his fans about how they might advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making 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 total life time earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in poker and between 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in well over 100 events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.