Beyond a doubt huge amounts of individuals strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "great guys" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts added up to more than 4.4 million dollars and he came away with two immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to speak to his admirers about how they will be able to advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional poker 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 complete life winnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in more than 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five WSOP titles with two of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.