Literally huge amounts of individuals are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "nice players" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table 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 payouts amounted to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he captured two highly admired 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 Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the decency to speak with his fans about how they will be able to boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro 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 Two Thousand and Five, his complete life earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in well over 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad defeat. As of 2006, his career winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.