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Beyond a doubt millions of players are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more well known "nice pros" of poker. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his tourney earnings amounted to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he captured two immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the humility to talk with his admirers about how they might boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life time earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in more than 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 particularly bad defeat. As of 2006, his career winnings are just about six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with two of his successes happening in 2003. Has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss 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.