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Beyond a doubt countless of individuals want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more noteworthy "nice players" of poker. Even though "nice" is connected with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his competition earnings amounted to more than 4.4 million dollars and he attained two 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 Preferred Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to talk to his fans about how they can improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His success has allowed him to make an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox TV. As of Two Thousand and Five, his total life winnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 to 2004 he finished in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He’s noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a especially bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won five WSOP titles with two of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded five million dollars.