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Literally huge amounts of individuals strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more well known "nice pros" of the game. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing 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 tournament winnings amounted to in the region of four and a half million dollars and he came away with two highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine's Tournament Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was named Card Player's Favourite Poker Player. He still has the decency to speak with his admirers about how they can improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

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

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is one of the busiest players in poker and between 2000 and 2004 he ranked in the money in well over 100 events. He's noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the phrase "that's poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad beat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his career winnings are just about $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with two of his successes happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, that, and along with his ability to toss playing cards quick enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total poker tourney earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.