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No Joke, countless 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 the game. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his competition earnings added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he captured two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the decency to speak to his admirers about how they might advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and between 2000 and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

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