No Joke, huge amounts of individuals strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more noteworthy "nice pros" of the game. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition payouts amounted to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he attained two highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they could boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling 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 hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the most active players in poker and between 2000 to 2004 he finished in the money in excess of one hundred competitions. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring 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 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the nickname "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.
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