No Joke, countless of people strive to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "nice players" of the game. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing 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 earnings amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he won 2 immensely respected 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 named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they can improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in poker and from Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in excess of 100 events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad loss. As of 2006, his career winnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five WSOP titles with two of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.
