Beyond a doubt huge amounts of people are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "great players" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his tournament earnings added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he attained 2 highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the humility to speak to his admirers 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 success has lead to him making an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life winnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in poker and between 2000 to 2004 he ranked in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad beat. As of 2006, his career earnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.