No Joke, countless of people are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more famous "nice guys" of the game. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he attained two highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker 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. He still has the decency to speak with his admirers about how they can improve 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 complete life earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 and 2004 he placed in the money in more than 100 competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad beat. As of 2006, his career winnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.