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Beyond a doubt millions and millions of players strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "great guys" of poker. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his competition payouts added up to in excess of $4.4 million and he came away with 2 immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the decency to talk with his admirers about how they could boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an educational video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in poker and from Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad beat. As of 2006, his career earnings are almost $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes coming in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tournament winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.