Literally huge amounts of people strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "great guys" 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 put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he attained 2 highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the humility to speak with his fans about how they can advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in poker and from Two Thousand and 2004 he placed in the money in more than one hundred events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five WSOP titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tournament winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
