No Joke, huge amounts of people are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "nice guys" of the game. Although "nice" is connected 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 game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney winnings amounted to in the region of $4.4 million and he captured two highly 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 Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the decency to speak to his fans about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have 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 complete life winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and between 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in more than 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad beat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.
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