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No Joke, huge amounts of players want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "nice pros" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his competition winnings 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 February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the decency to speak to his fans about how they can boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to 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 also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and between 2000 to 2004 he ranked in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.