No Joke, countless of players are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "nice pros" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it’s "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 excess of four and a half million dollars and he won 2 highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the humility to speak to his admirers about how they can boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an educational poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time winnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in excess of 100 events. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are almost $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.