No Joke, millions of players are trying to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "nice guys" of the game. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his competition earnings amounted 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 Tournament Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to talk with his fans about how they could boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he ranked in the money in more than one hundred events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes 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 cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
