Literally millions of people strive to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more famous "nice pros" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings added up to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he attained 2 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 Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to speak with his admirers about how they can advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 to 2004 he placed in the money in excess of one hundred competitions. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his career earnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.