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No Joke, countless of people are trying to be the next "big thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "great players" of poker. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it's "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he came away with 2 highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine's Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player's Favourite Poker Player. He still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they could advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold'em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his complete life time earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

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

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins happening in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tourney winnings exceeded five million dollars.