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Literally millions of players want to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "nice players" of the game. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney payouts amounted to more than $4.4 million and he captured two immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine's Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was appointed Card Player's Favourite Poker Player. Daniel even still has the humility to speak to his fans about how they might advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold'em" and also hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life winnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he ranked in the money in more than 100 tournaments. He's notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also coined the term "that's poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad defeat. As of 2006, his career earnings are almost $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes coming in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss cards fast enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.