Literally millions of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more famous "great players" of poker. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he attained 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. He still has the decency to talk with his fans about how they might 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 poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the most active players in poker and between 2000 to 2004 he finished in the money in excess of one hundred tournaments. He’s 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 2006, his life time winnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.