Beyond a doubt huge amounts of players strive to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more well known "nice guys" of poker. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings amounted to more than four and a half million dollars and he captured 2 highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they might advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over 100 competitions. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five WSOP titles with 2 of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the nickname "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
