No Joke, millions of individuals are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "great guys" of the game. Granted "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 payouts amounted to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he won 2 immensely respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to speak to his admirers about how they could boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the most active players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he placed in the money in excess of one hundred tournaments. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad loss. As of 2006, his career earnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.