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Beyond a doubt millions and millions of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "charming players" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table 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 added up to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he attained two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was named Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He even 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 professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an educational poker 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 time earnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is one of the most active players in professional poker and between 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in well over one hundred tournaments. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are just about six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.