Literally countless of people want to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more noteworthy "great players" of poker. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts amounted to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he captured two immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to talk with his admirers about how they might boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has 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 complete life winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in poker and from Two Thousand to 2004 he finished in the money in more than one hundred competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad beat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five WSOP titles with two of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tournament winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.