Literally countless of individuals strive to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "great players" of poker. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney winnings added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he attained 2 highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker 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 Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional video called "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.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the busiest players in poker and between 2000 to 2004 he placed in the money in more than one hundred tournaments. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad beat. As of 2006, his career earnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five WSOP titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.