Beyond a doubt huge amounts of people want to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "nice players" of poker. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings amounted to more than $4.4 million and he came away with 2 immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to speak with his admirers about how they can improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in poker and between Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over one hundred tournaments. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad beat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the nickname "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.
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