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Literally countless of players want to be the next "huge thing" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more famous "nice guys" of poker. Granted "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it's "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts added up to in the region of $4.4 million and he captured 2 highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine's Competition Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was named Card Player's Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to speak with his fans about how they could boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold'em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life time winnings exceed $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 to Two Thousand and Four he ranked in the money in more than 100 competitions. He's noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also coined the phrase "that's poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad defeat. As of 2006, his career winnings are almost 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has earned five WSOP titles with 2 of his wins happening in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his trademark long hair and beard, along with his ability to throw playing cards fast enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.