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Beyond a doubt countless of people strive to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more noteworthy "great players" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In 2004, his tourney earnings added up to in excess of four and a half million dollars and he won two immensely admired awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Competition Player of the Year. In February Two Thousand and Six he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the decency to speak to his admirers about how they might improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an instructional poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life earnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he placed in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a especially bad beat. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost six million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has captured 5 WSOP titles with two of his wins coming in 2003. Chris has the alias "Jesus" due to his characteristic long hair and beard, along with his ability to toss playing cards quick enough to cut through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.