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Beyond a doubt millions of players want to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more well known "great players" of the game. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have removed you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his tourney earnings added up to in the region of 4.4 million dollars and he won 2 highly admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine's Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player's Preferred Poker Player. Daniel even still has the decency to talk with his fans about how they might advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Referred to as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have lead to him making an educational poker video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold'em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his complete life time winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and from 2000 and 2004 he placed in the money in more than 100 competitions. He's noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that's poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad beat. As of 2006, his career earnings are almost six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded $5 million.