Literally huge amounts of people want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more noteworthy "great pros" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney winnings added up 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 Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to speak to 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 instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life earnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in poker and between 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in excess of 100 events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad loss. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.