Beyond a doubt millions and millions of individuals are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more famous "great players" of poker. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!
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 admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the decency to speak to his admirers about how they could advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and between 2000 and 2004 he placed in the money in excess of one hundred events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.