Beyond a doubt countless of people strive to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "nice pros" of poker. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney winnings amounted to more than four and a half million dollars and he captured 2 immensely admired 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. Daniel even still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they can advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an educational video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life time winnings exceed $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in more than one hundred competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad loss. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost 6 million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.