Beyond a doubt 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 pros" of poker. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing 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 winnings added up to more than four and a half million dollars and he attained two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk to his admirers about how they can boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life winnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in poker and from 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in well over 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five WSOP titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.
