No Joke, millions of people are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "nice guys" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing 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 competition winnings amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he came away with 2 highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the humility to speak with his fans about how they can improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life time winnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in excess of one hundred competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.