No Joke, millions of people want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more well known "great players" of poker. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings added up to more than $4.4 million and he won 2 immensely 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 chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to talk with his fans about how they could boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life winnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in well over 100 tournaments. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.