Literally huge amounts of players are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more famous "nice players" of poker. Even though "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 game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings added up to more than $4.4 million and he captured 2 highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to speak with his fans about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an educational video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life winnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad defeat. As of 2006, his career winnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.