No Joke, millions of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more well known "nice pros" of poker. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition payouts amounted to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he won 2 highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the humility to talk with his fans about how they can improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the most active players in poker and from Two Thousand to 2004 he finished in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the nickname "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
