No Joke, millions and millions of people are trying to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more famous "great pros" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney payouts amounted to in the region of $4.4 million and he captured 2 immensely respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they will be able to advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and from Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in excess of one hundred events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.