No Joke, millions and millions of people are trying to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "nice pros" of the game. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament earnings amounted to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he attained two immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to speak to his admirers about how they might boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional poker 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 earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in more than 100 tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
