No Joke, millions of players want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "great players" of poker. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts amounted to in the region of $4.4 million and he came away with 2 immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the humility to talk to his fans about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the most active players in poker and from Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in more than 100 events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.