Literally huge amounts of people are trying to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "nice guys" of the game. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney winnings amounted to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he captured 2 highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the humility to speak with his admirers about how they could boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the most active players in poker and from Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in well over one hundred events. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad beat. As of 2006, his career winnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.
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