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No Joke, huge amounts of people strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "nice players" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it's "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his tourney earnings added up to more than 4.4 million dollars and he captured 2 highly admired 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 still has the decency to talk to his admirers about how they might advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold'em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life winnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in excess of one hundred tournaments. He's notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the term "that's poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of 2006, his career earnings are just about $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured five WSOP titles with two of his wins coming in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.