Beyond a doubt millions of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more famous "great pros" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament earnings amounted to in the region of $4.4 million and he attained 2 immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to talk with his fans about how they might improve their own game.
Howard Lederer
Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional poker video named "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.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he placed in the money in more than 100 tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his trademark 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 tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.
