Beyond a doubt huge amounts of individuals are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more famous "great players" of poker. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his competition payouts amounted to in excess of $4.4 million and he attained two immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to talk to his admirers about how they might improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 to 2004 he finished in the money in excess of 100 events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.