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Beyond a doubt countless of individuals want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "charming guys" of poker. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his competition payouts amounted to more than $4.4 million and he won two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the decency to speak to his fans about how they could boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life time earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is one of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in excess of 100 events. 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 beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are just about $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with two of his successes coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.