No Joke, millions of individuals want to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "nice pros" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tourney winnings amounted to in the region of $4.4 million and he came away with 2 immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life winnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in excess of one hundred tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five WSOP titles with 2 of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.