Beyond a doubt countless of players strive to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more famous "great guys" of poker. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings amounted to more than $4.4 million and he captured 2 highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "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 holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he ranked in the money in more than 100 competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five WSOP titles with 2 of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.
