Beyond a doubt millions and millions of individuals want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "nice players" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings amounted to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he won 2 highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to speak with his fans about how they can boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional 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 complete life winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in poker and between 2000 to 2004 he placed in the money in well over 100 tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his career winnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.