Beyond a doubt millions of people strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "great guys" of the game. Granted "nice" is connected 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 Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he captured 2 highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to speak to his admirers about how they will be able to improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co 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 professional poker and between 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in more than 100 events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five WSOP titles with two of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.
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