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Beyond a doubt countless of individuals strive to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "nice guys" of the game. Even though "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 2004, his competition winnings amounted to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he won 2 highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine's Tournament Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player's Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the decency to speak with his fans about how they can improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have lead to him making an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold'em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life earnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and from 2000 and 2004 he placed in the money in well over 100 events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the phrase "that's poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.