Beyond a doubt millions of people are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "great guys" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney payouts amounted to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he attained 2 immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the decency to speak to his fans about how they might advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and from Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in more than one hundred competitions. He is noted 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 life time earnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
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