No Joke, millions of people want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more famous "great guys" of poker. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them 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 payouts amounted to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he captured 2 highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the decency to speak with his admirers about how they might advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the busiest players in poker and between Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in more than 100 events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad defeat. As of 2006, his career earnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five WSOP titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.