Beyond a doubt millions and millions of players want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "nice players" of the game. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition earnings added up to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he captured 2 immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to speak to his admirers about how they might improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements 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 TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in more than 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with two of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.
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