No Joke, millions of people strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more noteworthy "nice guys" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament earnings added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he captured 2 immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they will be able to advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro 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 TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time winnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in more than 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tournament winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.