Beyond a doubt millions and millions of people strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more well known "nice guys" of poker. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his competition earnings added up to more than four and a half million dollars and he captured 2 immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to speak to his admirers about how they will be able to improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life time winnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and between 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in excess of 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five WSOP titles with two of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.
