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No Joke, millions of people strive to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "charming guys" of poker. Despite the fact that "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 put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his tournament payouts amounted to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he captured two highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker 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 even still has the decency to speak with his admirers about how they might improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life winnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 to 2004 he placed in the money in well over one hundred tournaments. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are almost $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.