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No Joke, huge amounts of players strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "great pros" of poker. 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 removed you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings added up to more than four and a half million dollars and he captured 2 immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel 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 brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in more than 100 competitions. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad defeat. As of 2006, his career earnings are almost $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.