Beyond a doubt millions of individuals want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "nice pros" of the game. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney payouts amounted to more than $4.4 million and he captured 2 highly 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 Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the decency to speak with his fans about how they can advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in more than one hundred events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five WSOP titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.
