No Joke, millions of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "nice players" of the game. Even though "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 game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition winnings 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 Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the humility to talk to his admirers about how they can improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have 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 2005, his total life time winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and between 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in well over one hundred events. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.
