No Joke, millions and millions of players strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "nice guys" of the game. Even though "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 competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his competition earnings added up to more than 4.4 million dollars and he came away with 2 highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the humility to speak with his fans about how they might advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in professional poker and between 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in excess of 100 competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad loss. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.