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No Joke, countless of players want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "great pros" of poker. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney winnings added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he attained two immensely admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to speak to his fans about how they can improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in excess of one hundred events. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad beat. As of 2006, his life time earnings are just about $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.