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Literally huge amounts of people strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "great guys" of poker. Although "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 competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings added up to more than four and a half million dollars and he came away with 2 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 named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the humility to talk with his fans about how they might 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 educational poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in excess of 100 events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are just about 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured five WSOP titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.