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Beyond a doubt countless of people are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more famous "great pros" of poker. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are facing them it's "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he won 2 highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker 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 Preferred Poker Player. He still has the humility to speak with his fans about how they might boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold'em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life time earnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is one of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he finished in the money in well over 100 tournaments. He's notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also coined the phrase "that's poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are just about 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with two of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to throw cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament earnings exceeded five million dollars.