Beyond a doubt millions and millions of players want to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "great pros" of the game. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from 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 payouts amounted to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he captured 2 immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to speak to his fans about how they can advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an educational poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life winnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in poker and from 2000 to 2004 he finished in the money in more than 100 competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad loss. As of 2006, his life time winnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw playing cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney earnings exceeded $5 million.
