No Joke, millions of people strive to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "nice players" of poker. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from 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 tournament payouts added up to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he won 2 highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to talk with his admirers about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an educational 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 total life earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the most active players in poker and between Two Thousand and 2004 he ranked in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the nickname "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.