Literally millions and millions of players strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "great guys" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition winnings amounted to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he won two immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to talk with his admirers about how they might advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in poker and between 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad beat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.