No Joke, millions and millions of players want to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more famous "great players" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his competition earnings added up to more than $4.4 million and he won 2 immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the humility to talk to his admirers about how they can boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding 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 most active players in poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over 100 competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad beat. 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 successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.