Beyond a doubt millions and millions of individuals strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "nice guys" of poker. 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 game!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his competition winnings added up to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he won 2 highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they could boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he ranked in the money in more than 100 tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad loss. 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 successes happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.
