Literally countless of players strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more noteworthy "nice guys" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney winnings amounted to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he won two highly 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 chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to speak to his admirers about how they will be able to advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he placed in the money in well over 100 events. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five WSOP titles with two of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.
