No Joke, huge amounts of people strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more famous "great guys" of poker. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his competition payouts added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he won two highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the humility to talk with his fans about how they will be able to boost their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life winnings surpass $2.7 million.
Scotty Nguyen
Scott is one of the busiest players in poker and between 2000 to 2004 he placed in the money in more than one hundred competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are just about six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.