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Beyond a doubt huge amounts of players are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on four of the more noteworthy "nice pros" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney earnings added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he won two highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine's Tourney Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player's Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to speak with his fans about how they will be able to improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an educational video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold'em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life earnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he placed in the money in well over 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the term "that's poker baby" when referring to a especially bad loss. As of 2006, his career earnings are just about 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured 5 World Series of Poker titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.