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Literally huge amounts of players want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "nice pros" of the game. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings amounted to in the region of $4.4 million and he won two highly respected 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 appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to speak with his fans about how they could improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an educational video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is 1 of the most active players in poker and between 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are just about $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.