Literally millions and millions of individuals want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "nice players" of the game. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings amounted to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he came away with two immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the decency to speak with his fans about how they can advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life time earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 to 2004 he placed in the money in well over 100 competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad beat. As of 2006, his career winnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.
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