No Joke, huge amounts of people want to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "nice players" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tourney earnings added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he attained 2 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 Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to speak to his admirers about how they can advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in excess of one hundred events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.