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No Joke, countless of people want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "charming pros" of the game. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his tournament winnings added up to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he came away with 2 highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to talk to his admirers about how they could improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life time winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in more than one hundred events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad loss. As of 2006, his career earnings are just about 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.

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Internet poker has become world celebrated recently, with televised competitions and celebrity poker game shows. The games popularity, though, stretches back in fact a bit farther than its television ratings. Over the years many variants on the earliest poker game have been developed, including some games that are not in fact poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of the above-mentioned games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is more closely related to vingt-et-un than old guard poker, in that the gamblers wager against the bank instead of each other. The winning hands, are the established poker hands. There is no bluffing or other types of boondoggle. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up just before the croupier declares "No more wagers." At that moment, both you and the house and of course every one of the other players receive 5 cards. After you have observed your hand and the bank’s first card, you have to either make a call wager or give up. The call bet’s value is equal to your beginning bet, meaning that the risks will have increased two fold. Surrendering means that your wager goes directly to the casino. After the wager comes the conclusion. If the house does not have ace/king or greater, your bet is given back, including a sum in accordance with the initial bet. If the bank does have ace/king or greater, you succeed if your hand is greater than the casino’s hand. The bank pays money even with your wager and set expectations on your call wager. These expectations are:

• Equal for a pair or high card
• 2-1 for two pairs
• 3-1 for three of a kind
• four to one for a straight
• 5-1 for a flush
• seven to one for a full house
• twenty to one for a four of a kind
• 50-1 for a straight flush
• one hundred to one for a royal flush