Literally millions and millions of people are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more famous "nice 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" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney payouts 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 appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they might advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 and 2004 he placed in the money in excess of one hundred tournaments. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five WSOP titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw playing cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.