Beyond a doubt huge amounts of players strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "great players" of the game. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney winnings amounted to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he came away with two immensely respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the humility to talk to his fans about how they will be able to boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 and 2004 he placed in the money in well over 100 competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins coming in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.
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