Literally millions and millions of players want to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more famous "great guys" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tournament earnings amounted to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he attained two highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk with his admirers about how they could boost 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 educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in more than 100 competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.
