Beyond a doubt huge amounts of individuals strive to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more well known "nice players" of poker. 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 removed you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he attained two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk with his fans about how they could advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life winnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is 1 of the busiest players in poker and between Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over 100 tournaments. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad loss. As of 2006, his life time winnings are just about six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.