Literally countless of people are trying to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of 4 of the more well known "nice pros" of the game. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings added up to in excess of $4.4 million and he came away with 2 immensely respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In Feb 2006 he was chosen Card Player’s Preferred Poker Player. He still has the humility to speak to his admirers about how they might advance their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional poker video called "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 earnings exceed 2.7 million dollars.

Scotty Nguyen

Scott is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand to 2004 he placed in the money in well over one hundred competitions. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" during poker games and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when alluding to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his life time earnings are just about 6 million dollars.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 WSOP titles with 2 of his wins happening in Two Thousand and Three. Chris has the nickname "Jesus" because of his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss playing cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tournament earnings exceeded 5 million dollars.