Literally huge amounts of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more famous "great pros" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition earnings added up to more than four and a half million dollars and he won two immensely respected 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 named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk to his admirers about how they could improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life time earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in poker and between 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in excess of 100 competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.