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Literally countless of individuals are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "charming players" of poker. Although "nice" is associated with their names when you are facing them it's "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his competition payouts amounted to in the region of $4.4 million and he won two highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine's Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player's Preferred Poker Player. He still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they could advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an educational video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold'em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life time 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 finished in the money in excess of 100 events. He's notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the term "that's poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are almost $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.