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Literally huge amounts of players want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "nice guys" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament earnings added up to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he won two immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine's Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player's Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to talk with his admirers about how they could improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional poker video named "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 winnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 to 2004 he placed in the money in excess of 100 events. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that's poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad defeat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are just about 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned five WSOP titles with 2 of his successes happening in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" due to his trademark 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.