Beyond a doubt huge amounts of people 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 facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his competition earnings added up to more than 4.4 million dollars and he won two immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they can advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time winnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the busiest players in poker and between Two Thousand and 2004 he ranked in the money in excess of 100 tournaments. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.