No Joke, millions of individuals strive to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "nice pros" of the game. Even though "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 game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney payouts amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars 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 named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the humility to speak to his admirers about how they might advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an educational poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in poker and from Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in excess of one hundred tournaments. He’s notorious 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 Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 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 toss playing cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tournament winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.