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Beyond a doubt millions of people strive to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "nice pros" of the game. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it's "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tourney winnings amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he won 2 highly admired awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine's Competition Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player's Favourite Poker Player. He even still has the humility to talk with his fans about how they can improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold'em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of 2005, his total life time earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the most active players in poker and between Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in excess of 100 events. He's noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that's poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad beat. As of 2006, his career winnings are almost $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Has the alias "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to slice through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.