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Beyond a doubt millions and millions of players strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "charming pros" of the game. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings amounted to in the region of $4.4 million and he came away with 2 immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the humility to speak with his fans about how they can improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life earnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is one of the busiest players in professional poker and between 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in well over 100 events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his career earnings are just about $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won five World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.