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Literally huge amounts of individuals are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "nice players" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his competition winnings added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he captured 2 immensely respected awards in the WSOP 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. He even still has the humility to talk to his admirers about how they could advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

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

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over one hundred tournaments. He is notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are just about $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw playing cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.