No Joke, huge amounts of players are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "nice pros" of the game. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts added up to in excess of $4.4 million and he captured two immensely respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to speak with his fans about how they might 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 instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad beat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.
