No Joke, millions and millions of individuals want to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "nice guys" of the game. Granted "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 removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In 2004, his competition payouts amounted to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he attained 2 immensely respected 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. He still has the decency to speak to his admirers about how they can boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an educational video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life time winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 to 2004 he ranked in the money in excess of one hundred events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are just about $6 million.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has captured five WSOP titles with 2 of his successes happening in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.