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No Joke, huge amounts of people strive to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "nice guys" of poker. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his tournament payouts amounted to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he attained two immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the humility to speak to his admirers about how they can advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and brother 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 holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and from Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in excess of one hundred tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are almost $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the nickname "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.

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Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the last poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest players around the world. While betting on online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all-in. I know Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy in.

Buying in for the min takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amount. I think tv can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world could be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found wagering on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha high and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money rounds?