Literally millions and millions of people strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "nice players" of poker. Despite the fact that "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 removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition winnings amounted to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he captured 2 immensely respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to talk with his admirers about how they could advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 to 2004 he placed in the money in excess of one hundred competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.