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No Joke, millions and millions of players want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "great pros" of poker. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament earnings amounted to more than $4.4 million and he captured 2 highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker 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. Daniel still has the humility to talk with his admirers about how they can improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

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

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is one of the busiest players in poker and from Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over 100 events. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tourney winnings exceeded $5 million.