No Joke, millions and millions of individuals want to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "great pros" of the game. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts added up to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he captured two immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to talk to his admirers about how they can advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in excess of one hundred events. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.