No Joke, countless of people want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "nice pros" of the game. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his competition winnings added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he won two highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the humility to talk with his admirers about how they can improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in well over one hundred tournaments. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his career earnings are just about 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with two of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.