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No Joke, countless of individuals are trying to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "great pros" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected 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 Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts amounted to more than $4.4 million and he came away with two immensely respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the humility to speak with his admirers about how they could advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and between 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in more than 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 especially bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.