No Joke, huge amounts of individuals are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "great players" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition winnings added up to more than 4.4 million dollars and he came away with two immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to talk to his fans about how they will be able to improve 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 named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the most active players in professional poker and between Two Thousand and 2004 he placed in the money in excess of 100 events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.