Literally huge amounts of players strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "nice pros" of the game. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tournament earnings added up to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he captured two highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the decency to speak with his fans about how they will be able to boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the most active players in poker and between 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in excess of one hundred competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
