Literally countless of players want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "nice players" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from 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 tourney winnings added up to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he won 2 highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to talk to his admirers about how they might advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an educational video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the most active players in poker and from 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in more than one hundred events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his successes coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" because of 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 live poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.
