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Beyond a doubt countless of individuals want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "nice guys" of poker. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from 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 tourney payouts amounted to in excess of $4.4 million and he won two highly respected 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 appointed Card Player's Preferred Poker Player. He still has the humility to talk to his fans about how they might advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His achievements 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 2005, his total life earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and from Two Thousand to 2004 he ranked in the money in more than 100 competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the term "that's poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad beat. As of 2006, his career winnings are almost $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his characteristic long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to throw cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of Two Thousand and Five his total poker tourney winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.