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No Joke, millions and millions of individuals want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "charming pros" of the game. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he won two immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney 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 speak to his admirers about how they can advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

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

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the most active players in poker and between 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over 100 events. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are just about 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.