Literally millions and millions of people strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "nice players" of poker. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up 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 $4.4 million and he captured two immensely admired 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 named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk with his fans about how they might improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the most active players in poker and between 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in well over 100 events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.