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Beyond a doubt huge amounts of players want to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "charming guys" of the game. Although "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it's "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney winnings added up to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he captured 2 immensely admired 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 chosen Card Player's Preferred Poker Player. He even still has the humility to talk to his fans about how they will be able to improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold'em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is one of the busiest players in professional poker and between 2000 and 2004 he placed in the money in excess of one hundred tournaments. He's noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the term "that's poker baby" when referring to a especially bad defeat. As of 2006, his career earnings are almost six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total poker tournament winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.