Literally millions of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more famous "nice pros" of poker. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition winnings added up to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he came away with two highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to speak to his admirers about how they might advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in well over one hundred tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.