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Beyond a doubt millions of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more well known "charming pros" of the game. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his competition winnings amounted to more than four and a half million dollars and he attained two highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine's Tournament Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player's Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they could improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments 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 earnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand and 2004 he placed in the money in well over one hundred tournaments. He's noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that's poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his life time earnings are almost 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won five WSOP titles with 2 of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.