Beyond a doubt millions of players are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "nice players" of the game. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tourney payouts added up to in excess of $4.4 million and he won two highly 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 Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they will be able to boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life time winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the busiest players in poker and between 2000 and 2004 he placed in the money in excess of one hundred events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five WSOP titles with 2 of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.