No Joke, huge amounts of individuals are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more well known "great guys" of the game. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament earnings amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he attained two highly 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 appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the decency to speak with his admirers about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an educational video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in excess of 100 events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with two of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.
