Literally huge amounts of players want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "great pros" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing 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 tourney winnings amounted to more than four and a half million dollars and he won two immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the humility to talk with his fans about how they could advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in excess of one hundred tournaments. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five WSOP titles with 2 of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.