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Beyond a doubt millions and millions of players strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "nice pros" of the game. Granted "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 removed you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his competition payouts amounted to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he attained two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine's Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player's Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the decency to speak with his fans about how they might advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold'em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life winnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is one of the busiest players in professional poker and between 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in more than 100 competitions. He's notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that's poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career earnings are almost six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Has the nickname "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards fast enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.