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No Joke, countless of players want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "great guys" of poker. Even though "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 game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament earnings amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he attained two highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to talk with his fans about how they could advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life winnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the most active players in poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in well over one hundred tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won five WSOP titles with two of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.