Beyond a doubt countless of people are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more noteworthy "nice players" of poker. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts added up to more than 4.4 million dollars and he captured two highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the decency to speak to his admirers about how they will be able to advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the most active players in poker and from 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in more than one hundred tournaments. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.
