4 of Poker’s Nice Pros
No Joke, millions of players are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "great guys" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated 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 competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tourney earnings amounted to in excess of $4.4 million and he won two highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the humility to talk to his admirers about how they could boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an educational video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in excess of one hundred competitions. 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 2006, his life time winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.