Four of Poker’s Great Guys

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Beyond a doubt countless of players strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "nice guys" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his competition winnings amounted to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he attained two immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to speak to his admirers about how they can 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 also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time earnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the most active players in poker and between 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in well over one hundred tournaments. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are almost $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.