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No Joke, huge amounts of individuals want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more famous "great guys" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his tourney earnings added up to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he attained two immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the decency to talk with his admirers about how they could improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in well over 100 competitions. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad defeat. As of 2006, his career winnings are just about 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.