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No Joke, millions and millions of people are trying to be the next "star" in poker, but here is a short rundown on 4 of the more famous "charming players" of poker. Even though "nice" is associated with their names when you are at a poker table it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have removed you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings amounted to more than $4.4 million and he won two highly respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb Two Thousand and Six he was chosen Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to speak with his fans about how they can improve their own game.

Howard Lederer

Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker professional Annie Duke. His achievements 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 Two Thousand and Five, his total life time earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is one of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in more than 100 tournaments. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also coined the phrase "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a exceptionally bad defeat. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time winnings are just about $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

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