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No Joke, countless of players want to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more well known "charming guys" of poker. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his competition payouts added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he attained 2 highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine's Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was chosen Card Player's Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the humility to talk to his fans about how they could advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold'em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in more than 100 tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the phrase "that's poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are almost $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.