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Literally millions and millions of people are trying to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "great guys" of poker. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament earnings added up to in excess of $4.4 million and he won 2 highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to talk with his admirers about how they can advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he ranked in the money in well over 100 events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, 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 wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.