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Beyond a doubt millions and millions of people strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more noteworthy "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 put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his competition payouts added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he captured 2 immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. He still has the decency to speak to his admirers about how they might boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life earnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is 1 of the most active players in professional poker and between Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he ranked 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 alluding to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.