No Joke, millions and millions of people are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "charming pros" of the game. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament earnings amounted to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he won 2 immensely respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the decency to talk to his admirers about how they might boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional poker video named "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 earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in excess of 100 tournaments. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad loss. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.