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Literally millions of individuals strive to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more well known "great players" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are at a poker table it's "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his competition winnings added up to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he attained 2 highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine's Tournament Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was chosen Card Player's Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to talk with his admirers about how they can advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements have allowed him to make an instructional poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold'em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 to 2004 he placed in the money in excess of 100 competitions. He's noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the phrase "that's poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his wins coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded $5 million.